KUALA LUMPUR: For 60 years, scientists were unable to unlock the mystery behind the chemical reactions that produce light flicker resulting from the abdomen flashes or fireflies.
Citing reports National Geographic, scientist Bruce Branchini of Connecticut College with friends and colleagues managed to unravel the mystery with the discovery of oxygen, which is responsible for electron particles emit light.
Experiments carried out Branchini find oxygen involved in the transmission of light that fireflies specially shaped and is called 'superoxide anion.
"Superoxide anion is a form of oxygen molecules containing extra electrons," said Branchini adding 'superoxide anion' may occur as a result of the phenomenon of bio-pendarcahaya (bioluminescence in an English term that means the production and emission of light by living organisms) in nature.
The findings were published in a journal titled, "Journal of the American Chemical Society 'and managed to give a comprehensive picture of the biochemical processes that occur in the body of the insect.
"The enzyme and protein chemistry to transform the energy of light is a phenomenon that is very basic and we want to know how the biochemical processes that occur," said Branchini in the report.
Depth study of the process of biochemical fireflies are believed to benefit from research on human health in the future.
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