Physicochemical and Spectroscopic Properties of Biofield Energy Treated Protose

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Protose is the enzyme digest of mixed proteins that is recommended for culture media, bulk production of enzymes, antibiotics, toxins, veterinary preparations, etc. This study was proposed to evaluate the effect of biofield energy treatment on the physicochemical and spectroscopic properties of protose. The study was achieved in two groups i.e. control and treated. The control group was remained as untreated, while the treated group was received Mr. Trivedi’s biofield energy treatment. Finally, both the control and treated samples were evaluated using various analytical techniques. The X-ray diffractograms (XRD) of control and treated samples showed the halo patterns peak that suggested the amorphous nature of both the samples of protose. The particle size analysis showed about 12.68% and 90.94 increase in the average particle size (d50) and d99 (particle size below which 99% particles are present) of treated protose with respect to the control. The surface area analysis revealed the 4.96% decrease in the surface area of treated sample as compared to the control sample. The differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analysis revealed the 22.49% increase in the latent heat of fusion of treated sample as compared to the control. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) analysis showed increase in maximum thermal degradation temperature (Tmax) by 5.02% in treated sample as compared to the control. The increase in Tmax might be correlated with increased thermal stability of treated sample as compared to the control. Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) study showed the alteration in the vibrational frequency of functional groups like N-H, C-H, and S=O of treated protose as compared to the control sample. Based on the overall analytical results, it is concluded that Mr. Trivedi’s biofield energy treatment has a significant impact on the physicochemical and spectral properties of protose. As a result, the treated protose might be more effective as a culture medium than the corresponding control.

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Why is it important?

Growth medium or culture medium is a liquid or gel that is designed for the growth of microorganisms, cells or small plants such as moss [1]. Different types of media are available for the growth of different types of cells such as nutrient broths and agar plates [2]. Protose is a specially developed product containing various combinations of proteoses, peptones and amino acids [3]. It is an enzymatic digest of mixed proteins, and recommended for fermentation and vaccine industries [4, 5]. It is an exceptionally light colored peptone, which gives clear solution. It is used in culture media for bulk production of enzymes, antibiotics, toxins, veterinary preparations, etc. [6]. Despite lots of applications of culture media, the thermal stability and chemical stability are the important attributes of any culture media. Therefore, an alternate methodology is required, which can improve the thermal as well as chemical stability of culture media such as protose. Recently, biofield energy treatment has been assessed in the numerous fields and reported to alter numerous properties of living organisms and non-living things [7, 8]. Biofield energy treatment is a type of energy therapy (putative energy fields) that has been considered as energy therapy by the National Institute of Health/National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NIH/NCCAM) [9]. The energy therapies include magnet therapy, bio-electromagnetic therapy, healing touch, etc. and comprise low-level of energy field exchanges [10]. The human body has the unique bioenergetics field that consists of energy structures such as biophotons [11]. The biophoton is non-thermal origin in the UV-visible spectrum, emitted from a biological system. These biophotons contain informations that regulate all the system of human body in order to communicate and work coherently [12]. This is generally observed in the healthy condition of human body. However, these biophotons are disordered in diseased conditions; resulting in communication problems among cells, organs, and energy systems [13]. For instance, the cancer cells are discordant with the rest of cells of body, which result in uncontrolled growth and lead to endanger the survival of the body [14]. The practitioners or specialists of energy medicine modulate and balance this bioenergetic field via harnessing the energy from the Universe [15]. Hence, the biofield energy treatment is the practice wherein the human harness the energy from environment and transmit it to any living or nonliving object on the Globe. Mr. Mahendra Kumar Trivedi possesses a unique biofield energy; and his biofield energy treatment is known as The Trivedi Effect®. Recently, Mr. Trivedi’s biofield energy treatment is reported to improve the growth of plants and quality and quantity of plant products like blueberry, ginseng, tomato, etc. [16, 17]. Moreover, the contents of chlorophyll (a and b) were also found increased after the biofield energy treatment with respect to the control [18]. The biofield treatment has also modified the spectral and physicochemical properties of organic products such as beef extract and meat infusion powder [19]. Hence, considering the impact of biofield energy treatment, this study was aimed to evaluate the effect of biofield treatment on the protose using various analytical techniques.

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