TY - JOUR
T1 - Influence of Electromagnetic Signal of Antibiotics Excited by Low-Frequency Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields on Growth of Escherichia coli
AU - Ke, Yin Lung
AU - Chang, Fu Yu
AU - Chen, Ming Kun
AU - Li, Shun Lai
AU - Jang, Ling Sheng
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People pay more and more attention on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for health promotion [1–4]. Energy medicine (EM) is a kind of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, which is defined by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) of National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States [5, 6]. EM is classified into two types: the biofield therapies and bioelectromagnetic-based therapies. The biofield therapies attempt to affect the energy fields in and around the human body. Some forms of energy therapy practitioners manipulate the biofields using their hands, such as Qi gong, Reiki, and therapeutic touch [1, 7]. The bioelectromagnetic-based therapies utilize the unconventional electromagnetic fields, such as pulsed fields, magnetic fields, alternating-current fields, or direct-current fields, to recover the health. EM, also called Vibration Medicine, can be understood based on the scientific principles. All the living systems are based on the analysis of vibrations. In brief, all lives depend upon the molecular interacting via vibrating or oscillating energy fields. Molecules, atoms, electrons, and chemical bonds have their vibration characteristics [8]. These vibration characteristics generate the specific electromagnetic signal upon themselves. The electromagnetic signal of substance represents the specific physical parameters of the electric signals of itself [8–10].
PY - 2013/12
Y1 - 2013/12
N2 - Energy medicine (EM) provides a new medical choice for patients, and its advantages are the noninvasive detection and nondrug treatment. An electromagnetic signal, a kind of EM, induced from antibiotic coupling with weak, extremely low-frequency pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMFs) is utilized for investigating the growth speed of Escherichia coli (E. coli). PEMFs are produced by solenoidal coils for coupling the electromagnetic signal of antibiotics (penicillin). The growth retardation rate (GRR) of E. coli is used to investigate the efficacy of the electromagnetic signal of antibiotics. The E. coli is cultivated in the exposure of PEMFs coupling with the electromagnetic signal of antibiotics. The maximum GRR of PEMFs with and without the electromagnetic signal of antibiotics on the growth of E. coli cells in the logarithmic is 17.4 and 9.08 %, respectively. The electromagnetic signal of antibiotics is successfully coupled by the electromagnetic signal coupling instrument to affect the growth of E. coli. In addition, the retardation effect on E. coli growth can be improved of by changing the carrier frequency of PEMFs coupling with the electromagnetic signal of antibiotics. GRR caused by the electromagnetic signal of antibiotics can be fixed by a different carrier frequency in a different phase of E. coli growth.
AB - Energy medicine (EM) provides a new medical choice for patients, and its advantages are the noninvasive detection and nondrug treatment. An electromagnetic signal, a kind of EM, induced from antibiotic coupling with weak, extremely low-frequency pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMFs) is utilized for investigating the growth speed of Escherichia coli (E. coli). PEMFs are produced by solenoidal coils for coupling the electromagnetic signal of antibiotics (penicillin). The growth retardation rate (GRR) of E. coli is used to investigate the efficacy of the electromagnetic signal of antibiotics. The E. coli is cultivated in the exposure of PEMFs coupling with the electromagnetic signal of antibiotics. The maximum GRR of PEMFs with and without the electromagnetic signal of antibiotics on the growth of E. coli cells in the logarithmic is 17.4 and 9.08 %, respectively. The electromagnetic signal of antibiotics is successfully coupled by the electromagnetic signal coupling instrument to affect the growth of E. coli. In addition, the retardation effect on E. coli growth can be improved of by changing the carrier frequency of PEMFs coupling with the electromagnetic signal of antibiotics. GRR caused by the electromagnetic signal of antibiotics can be fixed by a different carrier frequency in a different phase of E. coli growth.
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U2 - 10.1007/s12013-013-9641-5
DO - 10.1007/s12013-013-9641-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 23703661
AN - SCOPUS:84888317034
SN - 1085-9195
VL - 67
SP - 1229
EP - 1237
JO - Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics
JF - Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics
IS - 3
ER -