Improvement of the Physicochemical, Structural, and Thermal Properties of Nanocurcumin due to the Consciousness Energy Healing Treatment

Improvement of the Physicochemical, Structural, and Thermal Properties of Nanocurcumin due to the Consciousness Energy Healing Treatment

Materials Science, Nutraceuticals

Nanocurcumin is a polyphenolic compound with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-rheumatic, antimicrobial, and anticancer activity. The biological activity of nanocurcumin is limited by its poor solubility, high metabolism, and bad pharmacokinetics. This study was done to find out the impact of the Trivedi Effect® on the physicochemical, spectral, and thermal behaviour of nanocurcumin using various analytical techniques. The test item nanocurcumin was divided into two parts, one part was considered as control sample, while the other part received the Consciousness Energy Healing Treatment remotely by a famous Biofield Energy Healer, Mr. Mahendra Kumar Trivedi and termed as Biofield Energy Treated sample. The PXRD relative peak intensities and crystallite sizes of the treated nanocurcumin were significantly altered ranging from -32.16% to 42.53% and from -57.12% to 100.09%, respectively compared to the control sample. However, the average crystallite size of the treated nanocurcumin was significantly decreased by 10.31% compared with the control sample. The particle size of the treated sample was decreased by 0.14% (d10), 2.20% (d50), 8.02% (d90), and 4.90% {D (4, 3)} compared to the control sample. Thus, the surface area of the treated nanocurcumin was increased by 1.94% compared with the control sample. The FT-IR and UV-Vis analysis of nanocurcumin did not show any significant difference in the structural properties of the treated sample compared to the control sample. The vaporization and melting temperature of the treated sample were slightly increased compared with the control sample. But, the latent heat of vaporization and latent heat of fusion in the treated nanocurcumin was significantly improved by 32.80% and 20.34%, respectively compared with the control sample. The total weight loss was decreased, and the maximum thermal degradation temperature was increased in the treated nanocurcumin compared with the control sample. Overall, the DSC and TGA/DTG thermal analysis indicated that the thermal stability of the treated nanocurcumin was increased compared to the control sample. The Trivedi Effect® might have produced a new polymorphic form of nanocurcumin, which would improve the solubility, bioavailability, and thermally stability compared with the untreated sample. Thus, the Biofield Energy Treated nanocurcumin would be advantageous in designing better nutraceutical/pharmaceutical formulations to get a better therapeutic response against inflammation, rheumatism, hyperglycemia, cancer, myocardial infarction, etc.

Mahendra Kumar Trivedi and Snehasis Jana

Ommega Publishers

August 22, 2019

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English

Journal Article

10.15436/2377-1372.19.2586

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