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[Proton magnetic resonance spectra of bound water in muscles]
Biofizika
|May 1, 1993
Abstract:
The state of water in a muscle tissue was investigated using 1H-NMR. Water spectra in the muscle were found after holding it out at variable humidity and after the muscle species had been pressed with different effort. The NMR-spectra demonstrated the existence of two different water fractions with poor exchange between them. One of them was associated with structured water in the sarcoplasm connected with the contractile proteins. The second fraction was related with the myoplasm. The absorption isotherms for two fractions of water were observed.