Isopathic treatment effects of Arsenicum album 45x on wheat seedling growth - further reproduction trials

Homeopathy

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 198-207

  Lahnstein, Lisa ^a   Binder, Mascha ^a   Thurneysen, André ^a   Frei Erb, Martin ^a   Betti, Lucietta ^b   Peruzzi, Maurizio ^c   Heusser, Peter ^d   Baumgartner, Stephan ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Association for Sensitive Crystallization   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^e Society for Cancer Research   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arsenic trioxide; Homeopathy; Isopathy; Ultra high dilution

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT GROWTH; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEEDLING; TOXICITY TESTING; WHEAT;

ARSENICALS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; GERMINATION; OXIDES; SEEDLING; SULFHYDRYL REAGENTS; TRITICUM; WATER;

EID: 71649094367     PISSN: 14754916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.homp.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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