Random Molecular Transport around Biological Membranes

Authors

  • Nzerem Francis Egenti University of Port Harcourt

Keywords:

reaction-diffusion, spherical, stochastic process, Gauss function

Abstract

The spatio-temporal delivery of essential substances across biological membrane is critical to its survival and the wellbeing of the owner-organism. The process presupposes a permeable soft membrane and the transport are marked by reaction and diffusion phenomena. The spherical configuration of many biological membranes informs the present study on the reaction-diffusion phenomena around spherical membranes, with probability current. The diffusion equation describing the ensemble of reacting molecules around such membranes holds well in elucidating the delivery of drugs across biological cells.

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2016-08-15

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Egenti, N. F. (2016). Random Molecular Transport around Biological Membranes. Asian Journal of Applied Sciences, 4(4). Retrieved from https://www.ajouronline.com/index.php/AJAS/article/view/2583

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