HUMAN PHOTOSYNTHESIS (original) (raw)

The advent of photosynthesis is one of the central events in the early development of life on Earth. The origin and evolution of photosynthesis, however, has long remained unresolved. Any studious individual who wishes to appreciate the big picture of how photosynthesis works and how it fits into the broad scope of scientific inquiry needs to have at least a rudimentary understanding of numerous fields of science. This is an increasingly difficult task in this age of scientific specialization, because no one can truly be an expert in all areas. The intent of this paper is not to advance knowledge on the plant process presently called photosynthesis, a very important photochemical process considered to be the origin of the food chain that is still not yet completely understood in spite of the fact it has already seen 350 years of study. Rather, this article attempts to provide a starting point for an unsuspected metabolic pathway over and above what we know about plants, the hitherto unknown capability of Melanin, the animal analogue to Chlorophyll, to harvest electromagnetic radiations to use as energy to dissociate the water molecule with a subsequent release of energy. An analogue process with that of plants, so similar in animal cells to the first step in plant photosynthesis (absorption of light/dissociation of water), that we have named it "Human Photosynthesis."  Phone: +52 449 153 2790, +52 449 912 1358, +52 449 912 1374. comagua2000@yahoo.com.

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