The role of variability in evaluating ultra high dilution effects: Considerations based on plant model experiments

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 301-305

  Nani, D ^a   Brizzi, M ^b   Lazzarato, L ^b   Betti, L ^b,c  

^a Italian Society of Anthroposophical Medicine   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agroambientali   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arsenic trioxide; Homeopathy; Plant models; Ultra high dilution; Variability

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE;

DILUTION; GERMINATION; HOMEOPATHY; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT MODEL; REVIEW; SEED; TOBACCO; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; WHEAT;

ARSENICALS; GERMINATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXIDES; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEEDS; TOBACCO; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; TRITICUM;

EID: 35848954723     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000108281     Document Type: Review

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