%0 Journal Article
%T Consciousness Energy Healing Treatment: Impact On the Physicochemical and Thermal Characteristics of Folic Acid - Consciousness Energy Healing Treatment: Impact On the Physicochemical and Thermal Characteristics of Folic Acid - Open Access Pub
%A Alice Branton
%A Dahryn Trivedi
%A Gopal Nayak
%A Mahendra Kumar Trivedi
%A Snehasis Jana
%J OAP | Home | International Journal of Nutrition | Open Access Pub
%D 2018
%X Folic acid is essential in the body for the production of DNA and also plays various vital functions within the body. This study on folic acid was done to analyze the results of the Trivedi Effect£¿ on its physicochemical and thermal properties with the help of analytical techniques. The method involves dividing the test sample into two parts. The first part was termed as a control sample, and no treatment was given to it; while the second part received the Biofield Energy Treatment remotely by a renowned Biofield Energy Healer, Gopal Nayak and termed as the treated sample. The study revealed that the particle sizes reduced by 2.86%(d10), 6.34%(d50), 17.22%(d90), and 11.30%{D(4,3)}, thus increased the surface area by 1.72%, in the treated sample compared with the control sample. The PXRD data showed changes in the peak intensities and crystallite sizes ranging from -36.81% to 113.41% and -15.79% to 318%, respectively, thus increased in the average crystallite size by 22.55% of the treated sample compared with the control sample. The TGA analysis of the treated sample revealed a 3.94% increase in total weight loss that resulted in the remarkable reduction in the residual amount by 14.99%, in comparison to the untreated sample. The latent heat of fusion (¦¤Hfusion) and latent heat of decomposition (¦¤Hdegradation) were significantly altered by -10.33% and 10.46%, respectively in the treated sample compared to the untreated sample. The study denoted that the Biofield Energy Treatment is a novel approach that could be used to develop some polymorph of folic acid and that might improve its solubility, dissolution, and bioavailability in comparison to the control sample. Hence, the treated folic acid in the nutraceutical/pharmaceutical formulations might be useful concerning better drug performance and efficacy. DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-18-2419 Folic acid (vitamin B9) is the name used for a conjugate of 4-aminobenzoic acid and l-glutamic acid i.e., folate 1. Its biologically active form is tetrahydrofolic acid that acts similar to the cobalamins. Folic acid is important as it helps in the production of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and also plays various vital functions within the body. The folic acid is synthetic form, while its natural form is folate that is found in food. It is generally used in combination with other B vitamins 2. The important food sources containing folate are cereals, leafy vegetables such as broccoli, spinach, lettuce, etc.; fruits such as melons, bananas, lemons, etc.; okra, legumes, asparagus, yeast, organ meat, mushrooms, and
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