New Physico-Chemical Properties of Extremely Diluted Aqueous Solutions

Elia, Vittorio; Niccoli, Marcella

doi:10.1023/b:jtan.0000027178.11665.8f

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“…In aged solutions the concentration of H 2 O 2 was very similar to the concentration in Mq. Silicon was analyzed by Elia et al [8] by using UV-VIS spectroscopy and appeared in 100-fold smaller concentrations in comparison to Na. Therefore, the main chemical impurity in aged solutions due to the leaching of glass was sodium, which is released in the form of Na + [27].…”

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Possible Time-Dependent Effect of Ions and Hydrophilic Surfaces on the Electrical Conductivity of Aqueous Solutions

Verdel

Jerman

Krašovec

et al. 2012

IJMS

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The purpose of this work was to determine the influence of mechanical and electrical treatment on the electrical conductivity of aqueous solutions. Solutions were treated mechanically by iteration of two steps: 1:100 dilution and vigorous shaking. These two processes were repeated until extremely dilute solutions were obtained. For electrical treatment the solutions were exposed to strong electrical impulses. Effects of mechanical (as well as electrical) treatment could not be demonstrated using electrical conductivity measurements. However, significantly higher conductivity than those of the freshly prepared chemically analogous solutions was found in all aged solutions except for those samples stored frozen. The results surprisingly resemble a previously observed weak gel-like behavior in water stored in closed flasks. We suggest that ions and contact with hydrophilic glass surfaces could be the determinative conditions for the occurrence of this phenomenon.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Possible Time-Dependent Effect of Ions and Hydrophilic Surfaces on the Electrical Conductivity of Aqueous Solutions

Verdel

Jerman

Krašovec

et al. 2012

IJMS

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“…It is worth noting that laboratory models of homeopathic dilutions show alternating activity peaks (5,32). Homeopathic solutions, when compared with the control solvent samples, show increased electrical conductivity (81,82), distinct NMR signals (83), optical emissions (84) and characteristic thermo-luminescent patterns when undergoing electromagnetic impulses (85). …”

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Immunology and Homeopathy. 5. The Rationale of the ‘Simile’

Bellavite

Ortolani

Pontarollo

et al. 2007

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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The foundation of homeopathic medicine is the ‘Similia Principle’, also known as the ‘Principle of Similarity’ or also as the ‘Simile’, which reflects the inversion of pharmacological effects in healthy subjects as compared with sick ones. This article describes the inversion of effects, a widespread medical phenomenon, through three possible mechanisms: non-linearity of dose–response relationship, different initial pathophysiological states of the organism, and pharmacodynamics of body response to the medicine. Based on the systemic networks which play an important role in response to stress, a unitary and general model is designed: homeopathic medicines could interact with sensitive (primed) regulation systems through complex information, which simulate the disorders of natural disease. Reorganization of regulation systems, through a coherent response to the medicine, could pave the way to the healing of the cellular, tissue and neuro-immuno-endocrine homeodynamics. Preliminary evidence is suggesting that even ultra-low doses and high-dilutions of drugs may incorporate structural or frequency information and interact with chaotic dynamics and physical-electromagnetic levels of regulation. From the clinical standpoint, the ‘simile’ can be regarded as a heuristic principle, according to which the detailed knowledge of pathogenic effects of drugs, associated with careful analysis of signs and symptoms of the ill subject, could assist in identifying homeopathic remedies with high grade of specificity for the individual case.

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“…Currently, more and more studies point to the possibility of explaining the biological effect of low doses by means of physical and chemical instruments [39-43]. Probably, in the future it will be possible to use those instruments to explain the phenomenon, described in this work, of reaction continued for dilutions greater than the Avogadro number.…”

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Influence of very low doses of mediators on fungal laccase activity - nonlinearity beyond imagination

Malarczyk

Kochmańska-Rdest

Jarosz-Wilkołazka

2009

Nonlinear Biomed Phys

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Laccase, an enzyme responsible for aerobic transformations of natural phenolics, in industrial applications requires the presence of low-molecular substances known as mediators, which accelerate oxidation processes. However, the use of mediators is limited by their toxicity and the high costs of exploitation. The activation of extracellular laccase in growing fungal culture with highly diluted mediators, ABTS and HBT is described. Two high laccase-producing fungal strains, Trametes versicolor and Cerrena unicolor, were used in this study as a source of enzyme. Selected dilutions of the mediators significantly increased the activity of extracellular laccase during 14 days of cultivation what was distinctly visible in PAGE technique and in colorimetric tests. The same mediator dilutions increased demethylation properties of laccase, which was demonstrated during incubation of enzyme with veratric acid. It was established that the activation effect was assigned to specific dilutions of mediators. Our dose-response dilution process smoothly passes into the range of action of homeopathic dilutions and is of interest for homeopaths.

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New Physico-Chemical Properties of Extremely Diluted Aqueous Solutions

Cited by 95 publications

References 29 publications

Possible Time-Dependent Effect of Ions and Hydrophilic Surfaces on the Electrical Conductivity of Aqueous Solutions

Possible Time-Dependent Effect of Ions and Hydrophilic Surfaces on the Electrical Conductivity of Aqueous Solutions

Immunology and Homeopathy. 5. The Rationale of the ‘Simile’

Influence of very low doses of mediators on fungal laccase activity - nonlinearity beyond imagination

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