Extreme homeopathic dilutions retain starting materials: A nanoparticulate perspective

Homeopathy

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 231-242

  Chikramane, Prashant Satish ^a   Suresh, Akkihebbal K ^a   Bellare, Jayesh Ramesh ^a   Kane, Shantaram Govind ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Homeopathy; Nanocrystalline materials; Nanoparticles; Transmission Electron Microscopy

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; DILUTION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; HOMEOPATHIC DILUTION; HOMEOPATHY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CALIBRATION; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; INDICATOR DILUTION TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOLUTIONS; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; WATER;

EID: 77958137601     PISSN: 14754916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.homp.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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