title: Entamoeba histolytica and Trichomonas vaginalis: trophozoite growth inhibition by metronidazole electro-transferred water.
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.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciencias Exactas y Desarrollo Humano, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Cd Universitaria, CP 66451, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, Mexico.
authors.forename: J Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Heredia-Rojas
authors.forename: Antonio Cayetano
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Torres-Flores
authors.forename: Abraham O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-De la Fuente
authors.forename: Benito David
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Mata-Cárdenas
authors.forename: Laura E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Flores
authors.forename: María Porfiria
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Barrón-González
authors.forename: Antonio Cayetano
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Torres-Pantoja
authors.forename: Juan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Alcocer-González
mesh_terms: D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001681:Biological Assay; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000528:radiation effects; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011827:Radiation; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014246:Trichomonas vaginalis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000528:radiation effects; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents; D014867:Water; D008795:Metronidazole