Effects of homeopathic high dilutions on plants: literature review
Rev. homeopatia (Säo Paulo)
; 80(3/4): 104-120, 2017. tab
Article
in English
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| ID: biblio-973272
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Among the non-conventional assumptions of homeopathy, the use of medicines in high dilutions (HD) is a cause for objections and skepticism among the scientific community, trained within the dose-dependency paradigm of classic pharmacology. Research aiming at evidencing the effects of homeopathic HD has resource to several experimental models (in vitro, plants and animals).AIM:
To describe the results of studies with high methodological quality that demonstrated positiveeffects of homeopathic HD on plants.METHODS:
Taking reviews published until 2015 as reference source, we updated the information through addition of data from recent studies included in database PubMed.RESULTS:
From 167 experimental studies analyzed, 48 met the minimum criteria of methodological quality, from which 29 detected specific effects of homeopathic high dilutions on plants through comparison to adequate controls.CONCLUSIONS:
Despite the substandard methodological quality ofmost experiments, studies with systematic use of negative controls and reproducibility demonstrated significant indisputable effects of homeopathic HD on plants.
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Main subject:
Plants
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High Potencies
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Agriculture
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Plant Pathology
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Homeopathy
Type of study:
Prognostic study
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Systematic review
Language:
English
Journal:
Rev. homeopatia (Säo Paulo)
Journal subject:
Homeopathy
Year:
2017
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
University of São Paulo (FMUSP)/BR