MASS SPECTROMETRIC AND BIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF GLUCOSE/FRUCTOSE, IRRADIATED WITH PHOTONEUTRONS ON THE M-30 MICROTRON

The processes of fragmentation of glucose and fructose molecules after neutron irradiation on the M-30 microtron were studied by mass spectrometry, and significant changes in the yield of their fragments fission after neutron irradiation were detected for the first time. It is shown that the interaction with neutrons primarily causes the breaking of essential carbon bonds and the deep destruction of molecules. This fact leads to an increase in the yield of a number of fragments, especially for m/z=18, 31, 43, compared to non-irradiated ones. The paper also presents temporal evolutionary changes in biological activity of the irradiated solutions and dry mixtures using as the example of test strains of Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.