Thermodynamic Mechanism of Life and Aging
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Abstract: Life is a complex biological phenomenon represented by numerous chemical, physical and biological processes performed by a biothermodynamic system/cell/organism. Both living organisms and inanimate objects are subject to aging, a biological and physicochemical process characterized by changes in biological and thermodynamic state. Thus, the same physical laws govern processes in both animate and inanimate matter. All life processes lead to change of an organism’s state. The change of biological and thermodynamic state of an organism in time underlies all of three kinds of aging (chronological, biological and thermodynamic). Life and aging of an organism both start at the moment of fertilization and continue through entire lifespan. Fertilization represents formation of a new organism. The new organism represents a new thermodynamic system. From the very beginning, it changes its state by changing thermodynamic parameters. The change of thermodynamic parameters is observed as aging and can be related to change in entropy. Entropy is thus the parameter that is related to all others and describes aging in the best manner. In the beginning, entropy change appears as a consequence of accumulation of matter (growth). Later, decomposition and configurational changes dominate, as a consequence of various chemical reactions (free radical, decomposition, fragmentation, accumulation of lipofuscin-like substances...).
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