The effect of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species generated by cold plasma of corona electric discharge, pulsed radiation of hot plasma and UV radiation of low-pressure mercury lamp on albumin protein, amino acids tyrosine, tryptophan, phenylalanine and Gram-positive, Gram-negative bacteria and micromycetes was investigated. The degree of degradation of all samples was assessed by fluorescence reduction and microbial survival by CFU value after culturing. It was found that fluorescence is determined by the primary protein structure, while microbial survival by second and higher order structures.
I. M Piskarev (Wed,) studied this question.