Ideal-Standard HYGIENE PLUS Manual For Use And Installation page 18

Effect of ozone on metabolisms
- acceleration of the use of glucose by cells
due to increased glycoses which increases
the availability of ATP in the cells and hence
in the tissues, especially nerve fibres;
- intervention in the metabolism of proteins
for its affinity with the sulphhydryl groups,
thus reacting with the essential amino acids
such as methionine and tryptophan, or with
cysteine, which contains sulphur;
- direct reaction with unsaturated fatty acids
which are transformed into water soluble
compounds.
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Biological effects of ozone
- due the formation of peroxides, there is a
systematic anti-virus and anti-bacteria ef-
fect. The antiseptic mechanism is similar to
the one the organism normally uses with
the formation, by leucocytes for bacterial
phagocytosis, of a molecule with anti-oxidant
properties, similar to those of O3, specifically
H2O2. The germicide effect of ozone depends
especially on the presence of water and low
temperatures. Also, it has a high ability to
de-activate viruses (virustatic action) which
makes it impossible for them to adhere
with the cellular receptors to the target cell
and hence to reproduce. While ozone has a
virustatic action for viruses, for bacteria and
in particular for the gram positive it has an
anti-bacteria and above all direct action.
- For red blood cells, there is an increase of
their deformability, reducing the global
haematic viscosity and an increase of 2.3-di-
phosphoglycerate (responsible for the release
of O2 by the haemoglobin to the tissues)
which has, as a result, a clear improvement
in the transport of O2 and hence a rheologic
action.
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