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Determination the rate constants of some biexponential reactions
1Department of Molecular Immunology, A.V Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, Kiev, Ukraine. sab@paladin.biochem.kiev.ua
Abstract:
Reactions that are described by biexponential functions are typical for many biological processes. The kinetics of these reactions is described by transcendental irrational equations interconnecting the reagent concentrations, time and rate constants. Meantime, their graphical representation in the semi-logarithmic coordinates can be decomposed into two straight lines that intercept at some angle. New simple methods for asymptotic numerical solution of the equations describing these reactions are suggested. These methods permit determining the rate constants using the kinetic data of initial substance concentration, which transform into final product according to a two-component model, a sequential model or a competitive model.
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