Evaluation of the Physicochemical, Structural, Thermal, and Behavioral Properties of the Energy of Consciousness Healing Treated Zinc Chloride

Abstract

Zinc chloride is a source of zinc used in various pharmaceutical/nutraceutical formulations. The objective of the current study was to investigate the impact of The Trivedi Effect ® -Energy of Consciousness Healing Treatment (Biofield Energy Treatment) on physical, structural, thermal, and behavioral properties of zinc chloride using PXRD, PSD, FT-IR, UVvis, and DSC analysis. Zinc chloride was divided into two parts -one part was control, while another part was treated with The Trivedi Effect ® remotely by twenty renowned Biofield Energy Healers and defined as The Trivedi Effect ® Treated sample. A significant alteration of the crystallite size and relative intensities of the PXRD peaks was observed in The Trivedi Effect ® treated sample compared with the control sample. The average crystallite size of the treated sample was significantly increased by 23.18% compared with the control sample. The particle size values at d 10 , d 50 , and d 90 values were significantly decreased by 3.70%, 4.13%, and 6.13%, respectively in the treated sample compared with the control sample. Therefore, the surface area of the treated sample was increased by 4.21% compared with the control sample. The FT-IR spectroscopic analysis revealed that Zn-Cl stretching in the control sample was found at 512 cm -1 , whereas it was significantly shifted upward to 520 cm -1 in the treated sample. The UV-vis analysis exhibited that wavelength of the maximum absorbance (λ max ) of the control and treated samples were at 197.6 nm and 197.1 nm, respectively. The DSC analysis exhibited that the melting temperature was decreased by 0.22%, while decomposition temperature was increased by 2.56% in the treated sample compared to the control sample. The latent heat of fusion of the treated sample (320.44 J/g) was significantly decreased by 16.70% compared with the control sample (284.67 J/g). Similarly, the enthalpy of decomposition of the treated sample (952.53 J/g) was significantly increased by 122.61% compared with the control sample (427.90 J/g). Thus, the results indicated that the thermal stability of the treated zinc chloride was improved compared with the control sample. The current study anticipated that The Trivedi Effect ® -Energy of Consciousness Healing Treatment might lead to produce a thermally stable new polymorphic form of zinc chloride, which would be more soluble and bioavailable compared with the untreated compound. Hence, the treated zinc chloride would be very useful to design better nutraceutical/pharmaceutical formulations that might offer better therapeutic response against American Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 2017; 5(2): 65-74 66 inflammatory diseases, immunological disorders, aging, stress, cancer, etc.

Evaluation of the Effect of the Energy of Consciousness Healing Treatment on Physicochemical and Thermal Properties of Pyridoxine Hydrochloride

“…The data was collected in the form of a chart of the Bragg angle (2θ) vs. intensity (counts per second), and a detailed table containing information on peak intensity counts, d value (Å), relative intensity (%), full width half maximum (FWHM) (°2θ), area (cts*°2θ) using X'Pert data collector and X'Pert high score plus processing software. The crystallite size (G) was calculated from the Scherrer equation following the literature [22][23][24]30]. The crystallite size (G) was calculated by using the following equation 1:…”

“…The particle size analysis of pyridoxine hydrochloride was conducted on Malvern Mastersizer 3000, UK with a detection range between 0.01 µm to 3000 µm using wet method [22][23][24]. The sample unit (Hydro MV) was filled with a dispersant medium (Toulene) and operated the stirrer at 2500 rpm.…”

“…The DSC thermogram of pyridoxine hydrochloride was achieved in a DSC Q2000 differential scanning calorimeter, USA under the dynamic nitrogen atmosphere with the flow rate of 50 mL/min with a sample mass of 2.72 mg using the aluminium pan at a heating rate of 10°C/min from 30°C to 400°C [22][23][24]. The % change in melting point (T) was calculated using following equation 5: …”

“…Thermogravimetric Analysis (DTG) TGA/DTG thermograms of Pyridoxine Hydrochloride were obtained in a TGA Q500 themoanalyzer apparatus, USA under the dynamic nitrogen atmosphere (50 mL/min) using a platinum crucible at a heating rate of 10°C/min from 25°C to 900°C with the recent literature [22][23][24]. The % change in weight loss (W) was calculated using following equation 7:…”

“…The Trivedi Effect ® -Energy of Consciousness Healing Treatment significantly altered physicochemical properties such as crystalline structure, crystallite size, particle size, surface area, and thermal stability through introducing a polymorph of the pharmaceutical/nutraceutical compound. It was suggested that Biofield Energy Treated pharmaceutical/nutraceutical compounds could have more bioavailable and thermally stable compared with the untreated compounds [22][23][24][25][26]. The physicochemical and thermal properties etc.…”