Vivifying properties of water in the light of new concepts of catalysis

Abstract

In this study, we try to turn a new page in the research on the relationships between water and life. The authors rely on the idea that water is an active catalytic medium which governs the proceeding of chemical and biochemical life processes. This point of view has not been considered in scientific literature until very recently. This principally new approach is presented in this study in its theoretical aspect, focusing on the catalytic role of water in life’s anti-entropic tendency. The role of water in the origins of life is discussed with respect to the continuity of views of eminent scientists V.I. Vernadsky and A.I. Oparin, and the development of anticipatory representation on the basis of accelerated catalytic processes as proposed by P.K. Anokhin.

Keywords:

• anticipation
• living systems
• fermentative catalysis
• electronic excitation
• catalytic activity
• protobionts

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.