[Effect of ultrasound on porphyrin biosynthesis. I. Changes in the levels of proto-, copro- and uroporphyrins after a single exposure to ultrasound].

Abdominal region of white rat males was exposed to ultrasound with the intensity of 0.2, 0.6 and 1.0 Wt/cm2. 1, 24 and 48 hours after sonication proto-, copro- and uroporphyrines were determined in erythrocytes and excrements, copro- and uroporphyrines in urea. Single ultrasonic exposure does not affect the biosynthesis of uro- and coproporphyrines in gialoplasm, however, it results in the change of their excretion with excrements and urea. Biosynthesis of protoporphyrine IX which is the final stage of haemoglobin biosynthesis is changed under the effect of ultrasonic energy.