Biological implications of magnesium salts at the molecular level.

The interaction of Mg2+ cations in biological systems is studied by using nucleic acid bases as the biological system. Magnesium salts, such as, MgCl2 6H2O, MgSO4. 7H2O and Mg(ClO4). XH2O have been employed in order to compare their complexation with cytosine and 1-methyl cytosine crystallize in water solutions. The reaction of the above magnesium salts with the two bases has been followed by attempting to crystallization the complexes formed at constant temperature and variable times of crystallization. The water solutions with the above reagents have also been followed by Fourier Transform infrared.