Effects of homeopathic arsenicum album, nosode, and gibberellic acid preparations on the growth rate of arsenic-impaired duckweed (Lemna gibba L.)

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Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages 2112-2129

  Jäger, Tim ^a,b   Scherr, Claudia ^c   Simon, Meinhard ^d   Heusser, Peter ^e   Baumgartner, Stephan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FIBL   (Switzerland)

^c Society for Cancer Research   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Arsenicum album; Duckweed; Gibberellic acid; Homeopathy; Lemna gibba; Nosode

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENIC ALBUM; GIBBERELLIC ACID; NOSODE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARACEAE; ARTICLE; DRUG STRUCTURE; LEMNA GIBBA; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF;

ARACEAE; ARSENIC; ARSENICALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GIBBERELLINS; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; MATERIA MEDICA; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

LEMNA; LEMNA GIBBA;

EID: 78650303019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2010.202     Document Type: Article

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