Entamoeba histolytica and Trichomonas vaginalis: trophozoite growth inhibition by metronidazole electro-transferred water

Exp Parasitol. 2011 Jan;127(1):80-3. doi: 10.1016/j.exppara.2010.06.026. Epub 2010 Jul 23.

Abstract

The influence of low-frequency electromagnetic (LF-EM) waves on microorganisms has been a subject of experimental investigations for more than two decades and the results are promising. In parallel, an interesting procedure known as biophysical-information-therapy or bioresonance therapy (BRT) which in principle is based on LF-EM stimulation, has emerged. BRT was discovered in the late 1980's but it is still poorly studied. This paper demonstrates that by transferring metronidazole information to water samples by an electronic amplifier (BRT device), the growth of axenically cultured trophozoites of Entamoeba histolytica and Trichomonasvaginalis is significantly inhibited, compared with those cultures treated with non and sham electro-transferred water samples. A positive control of metronidazole, a well-known cytotoxic drug against parasites, was used as a reference.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antiprotozoal Agents / pharmacology*
  • Biological Assay
  • Entamoeba histolytica / drug effects
  • Entamoeba histolytica / growth & development*
  • Entamoeba histolytica / radiation effects
  • Metronidazole / pharmacology*
  • Radiation
  • Radiation-Sensitizing Agents / pharmacology*
  • Trichomonas vaginalis / drug effects
  • Trichomonas vaginalis / growth & development*
  • Trichomonas vaginalis / radiation effects
  • Water / chemistry*
  • Water / pharmacology

Substances

  • Antiprotozoal Agents
  • Radiation-Sensitizing Agents
  • Water
  • Metronidazole