The following hypothesis about the formation of curative cave resin mumian exists: the manure of wild goats contacts with surrounding minerals for a long time and is being enriched with microelements, which get into the mumian in the form of dust or pieces of stones [9]. For investigation of this problem we collected samples of Armenian curative cave resin mumian in various stages of their formation [13]. 0.125 grams from each sample were dissolved in distilled water, filtered and then the dissolved and non-soluble portions were separated ( see Table 4 ).
Table 4. The Ability of the Armenian Curative Cave Resin Mumian to be Solved in the Water
|
No. |
Weight |
Dissolved portion |
% of mumian |
|
1 |
0.125 |
0.0684 |
54.7 |
|
2a |
0.125 |
0.0661 |
52.9 |
|
2b |
0.125 |
0.0708 |
56.6 |
|
3 |
0.125 |
0.0719 |
57.5 |
|
4 |
0.125 |
0.0647 |
51.7 |
|
5 |
0.125 |
0.0312 |
62.4 |
|
6 |
0.125 |
0.0665 |
52.9 |
|
7a |
0.125 |
0.0384 |
30.7 |
|
7b |
0.125 |
0.0453 |
36.2 |
|
7c |
0.125 |
0.0540 |
43.2 |
|
7d |
0.125 |
0.0664 |
53.1 |
|
No. |
Weight |
Dissolved portion |
% of mumian |
|
7e |
0.125 |
0.0678 |
54.24 |
|
8a |
0.050 |
0.0233 |
46.6 |
|
8b |
0.025 |
0.0146 |
58.4 |
|
8c |
0.125 |
0.0393 |
31.44 |
|
8d |
0.075 |
0.0379 |
50.5 |
|
8e |
0.100 |
0.0419 |
41.9 |
|
12 |
0.125 |
0.0226 |
18.1 (raw material) |
|
15 |
0.125 |
0.0475 |
38.0 |
As we can see from Figure 4 the ability of Armenian mumian to be dissolved increases along with its maturing.
Figure 4. The change of the ability of the mumian to be solved along its maturation. Curve 1 - real mumian, curve 2 - Caucasian mumian.
The ability of mature mumian to be dissolved is within the range of 50- 56% (line. 1, interval aa’). Microelementar compositions of soluble and non-soluble portions of the mumian were investigated by atom-adsorption photometric method (flame version). The results are in Table 5 and on Figure 5.
Table 5. Concentrations of Microelements in Soluble and Non-soluble Portions of the Armenian Curative Cave Resin Mumian.
|
No. |
Object |
Ca |
Mg |
Mn |
Cu |
Fe |
Pb |
|
1 |
1 |
0.73 |
1.22 |
0.022 |
0.044 |
0.06 |
0.0067 |
|
2 |
2 |
--- |
1.30 |
0.030 |
0.040 |
0.15 |
0.0048 |
|
3 |
2 |
0.36 |
0.80 |
0.016 |
0.006 |
0.071 |
0.00027 |
|
4 |
3 |
0.51 |
1.00 |
0.019 |
0.022 |
0.052 |
0.0020 |
|
5 |
4 |
2.30 |
1.30 |
0.020 |
0.020 |
0.050 |
0.000135 |
|
6 |
5 |
0.72 |
1.10 |
0.016 |
0.086 |
0.042 |
0.0027 |
|
7 |
6 |
1.66 |
0.90 |
0.020 |
0.028 |
0.021 |
0.0015 |
|
8 |
7a |
1.30 |
2.10 |
0.024 |
0.068 |
0.032 |
0.002 |
|
9 |
7b |
1.20 |
1.60 |
0.016 |
0.044 |
0.034 |
0.0013 |
|
10 |
7c |
1.30 |
1.27 |
0.014 |
0.039 |
0.026 |
0.0014 |
|
11 |
7d |
1.13 |
1.13 |
0.013 |
0.023 |
0.024 |
0.0023 |
|
12 |
7e |
1.0 |
1.00 |
0.013 |
0.027 |
0.016 |
0.0004 |
|
13 |
8a |
0.92 |
1.20 |
0.009 |
0.021 |
0.021 |
0.0012 |
|
14 |
8b |
1.47 |
1.1 |
--- |
0.020 |
0.031 |
0.00086 |
|
15 |
8c |
1.00 |
1.010 |
0.010 |
~0.002 |
0.022 |
0.00028 |
|
16 |
8d |
0.50 |
1.10 |
0.009 |
~0.002 |
0.011 |
0.0003 |
|
17 |
8e |
0.57 |
1.10 |
0.012 |
~0.002 |
0.033 |
0.0001 |
|
18 |
12 |
3.2 |
1.78 |
0.061 |
~0.002 |
0.037 |
0.0014 |
Figure 5. The change of microelementar composition of the mumian along its maturation.
Positions a, b, c, d, e are the various stages of the mumian: a - initial stage; b, c, d - intermediate stage; and e - mature stage. The results obtained from this sample as well as from other samples reject the existing well-known hypothesis about the formation of curative cave resin mumian. As it can be seen on Figure 5, concentrations of macro and microelements decrease along with the formation of the mumian from its raw material - the manure of wild goats.
Biological activity of the mumian is partially related to aminoacids. These acids are being formed during hydrolysis of water solutions of the mumian [15]. As it can be seen from Table 6 and Figure 6, the concentrations of aminoacids increase along with the maturation of the mumian. Aminoacids in the Caucasian mumian actually do not exit ( Figure 6, line 2 ).
Table 6. Concentration of Aminoacids in Armenian Mumian
|
No. |
Weight with Sediment |
Filter Weight |
Weight of Aminoacids |
|
2a |
0.3089 |
0.2811 |
0.0278 |
|
2b |
0.3091 |
0.2775 |
0.0316 |
|
3 |
0.2830 |
0.2703 |
0.0127 |
|
4 |
0.2991 |
0.2875 |
0.0116 |
|
7a |
0.2867 |
0.2775 |
0.0092 |
|
7b |
0.3122 |
0.3032 |
0.0090 |
|
7c |
0.2830 |
0.2722 |
0.0108 |
|
7d |
0.3116 |
0.2913 |
0.0203 |
|
7e |
0.2870 |
0.2646 |
0.0224 |
Figure 6. The increase of aminoacids in the mumian along it maturation.
For the first time, stable radicals were discovered in the curative cave resin mumian. Figure 7 presents the spectrum of Electronic Paramagnetic Resonance of those radicals.
Figure 7. The spectrum of Electronic Paramagnetic Resonance of the mumian.
The concentration of radicals is approximately 1014 particles in 1 gram of mumian. This quantity is less, by 1-2 degrees, than the concentrations of those microelements which have the signal of electronic paramagnetic resonance when they have ionic form (Fe, Cu+2, etc.). This means that stable radicals in the mumian have organic nature. Conclusion: the elementary composition of the mumian is being formed in three natural laboratories: first - in plants; second - in animals; and third - in caves.