title: Biological energy from the igneous rock enhances cell growth and enzyme activity.
abstract: Some effects from natural resources might be ignored and unused by humans. Environmental hormesis could be a phenomena necessary to bio-organism existence on earth. Since 1919, radiation and some heavy metal hormesis from the environment were proved in various reports. In this study, igneous rock with very low radioactivity and high ferrous activity was measured by multichannel analyzer and inductively coupled plasma analyzer. The water treated by igneous rock, both directly soaked or indirectly in contact, induced increased activities of glucose oxidase, catalase, peroxidase, and superoxide dismutase. It also increased cell growth of SC-M1, HCT-15, Raji, and fibroblast cell lines. The water after treatment of igneous rock had no change in pH values, but displayed decreased conductivity values. We assume that the igneous rock could transfer energy to water to change the molecular structure or conformation of water cluster, or by radiation hormesis effect could then induce increased enzyme activity and cell growth. It is also possible that the energy from rock may combine radiation hormesis with other transferable biological energy forms to change water cluster conformation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Taipei Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan. yllin@tmc.edu.tw
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D002460:Cell Line; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D005949:Glucose Oxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D008903:Minerals / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D008903:Minerals; D011868:Radioisotopes; D014131:Trace Elements; D014867:Water; D005949:Glucose Oxidase; D002374:Catalase; D009195:Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase