抄録
It is known that biological tissues and cells exhibit ultraweak photon emission of the order of 10-15W or less with no external stimulation. These phenomena, called biophoton emission, so far are known to be associated with certain biochemical reaction or lipid peroxidation and processes involving active oxygens and relevant free radicals. As a part of this research, we are investigating ultraweak photon emission originating from human beings and we have detected the ultraweak photon emission of human breath condensed solution and sputum. Human breath contains various sorts of molecules, thus reflecting pulmonary condition or state of health. Also, sputum that excreted by inflammation would be index of infection of the trachea or the other. The aim of this study is to investigate the possibility of diagnosis by measurement of various characteristics of ultraweak photon emission of breath related sample and sputum. The apparatus that we have developed for the measurement employs the highly sensitive photon counting method. We intend to examine possible sources of these ultraweak photon emission and mechanisms for exploiting diagnostic application in the future.
