Porphyrins are light sensitive pigments, distributed throughout our cells. Surrounded by water (in nature), they are good semi-conductors. These molecules coordinate electronic processes in living tissue. Pigments absorb energy; fluorescent pigments also transmit. Their ionization potential is low; they are ideal pacers of electron transport. When their function is incomplete or reduced, energy drops, activity slows. Injured by toxic insults, they increase sensitivity to further toxins, EMF. In the nervous system, the porphyrins are in myelin-containing glial cells. In blood, heme is contained in cytochrome oxidase, required for oxygen use. EMF and Porphyrins: Learning from Arthur Firstenberg EMF and Studies Related Maps Porphyrins, Porphyrias EMF and Porphyrin Articles T o xins and A cq uir ed P or ph yr ias The In visible R ainbo w b y Ar t hur F ir s t enber g Int e r vie w wit h Ar t hur F ir s t enber g Ar ticles b y Ar t hur F ir s t enber g P or ph yr ia: Book b y S t e v en R oc hlitz P or ph yr in T es t f or T o xic Exposur es P or ph yr in Assa y f or T o xic Exposur es Y ouT ube: P or ph yr ins, MCS, EMF Medical Ov er vie w of P or ph yr ia: PPT S t e v en R oc hlitz: Ov er vie w and T r eatment HF-RF , plants, chlorophyll MW , decreased cerebral COX HF , cytochrome oxidase ef fects MW , chlorophyll function altered MW , dose-dependent CYC, apoptosis MW , neural cell apoptosis, cytochrome c MW , hemoglobin, myglobin re-orient in solution MW , cytochrome P450 conformational changes MW , drop in photosynthetic pigment, chlorophyll a Environmental stresses disturb heme synthesis MW , electron transport, cytochrome c oxidase (COX) EMF and Blood EMF Plus T oxins EMF and Mitochondria Interfacial W ater and EMF EMF , W ater , Calcium Ef flux Britannica Utah Med Library Fascinating Molecules Simple Heme Synthesis Porphyrin, Heme Metabolism Porphyrias, hyperbilirubinemias Medical treatment for porphyria Porphyrias, MCS, overview , advice Occurrence of porphyrins in environment Environmentally dis turbances of heme synthesis Largest Biological Experiment Ever EHS, A Modern Illness, A. and J. Phillips MW , loss of hemoglobin, membrane changes "[Porphyrins] are the very special molecules that interface between oxygen and life. They are responsible for the creation, maintenance, and recycling of all of the oxygen in our atmosphere: they make possible the release of oxygen from carbon dioxide by plants, the extraction of oxygen back out of the air by both plants and animals, and the use of that oxygen by living things to burn carbohydrates, fats and proteins for energy." Arthur Firstenberg Porphyrins are made as heme is synthesized in a precise 8- step pathway. Any disruption to or imbalance in the enzyme steps may permit a build-up of porphyrins and metabolites, causing a reduction of pigment synthesis or function. The enzymes are sensitive to environmental pollutants and EMF. PORPHYRINS -- SPECIAL MOLECULES OF LIFE Hemoglobin (Hb), myoglobin Oxygen storage, transport Cytochromes b, c (CYC) Electron transport Cytochrome oxidase (COX), cytochrome P450 Oxygen activation, utilization Chlorophylls, pheophytins Photosynthesis V itamin B12 Activity in animals, bacteria "Toxic chemicals and EMFs are... synergistic: exposure to toxins... disrupts the porphyrin pathway, causing the accumulation of more porphyrins and their precursors, rendering the myelin and the nerves they surround... sensitive to EMFs." Home: Oscillatorium Newest version: this map Date of this update: 11-14-17 PORPHYRINS AND THE BASIS OF LIFE, Invisible Rainbow , Ch. 10 Heme b Vitamin B12 "COX is the only enzyme to transport electrons to oxygen to produce H2O and ATP. It is believed that 90% of intracellular molecular oxygen is utilized by COX... Certain doses of MW radiation negatively impact the activity of COX." Chlorophyll a Biliverdin Porphin