生物光子相干性理论的形成、发展与争议

Formation,Development and Controversy of the Coherence of Biophotons

生物系统的超微弱光子辐射(UPE)是自然界一个普遍的生命现象,是生物体固有的一种功能属性。关于UPE的产生机制却存在两种理论假说即相干性理论和代谢发光之破缺理论。然而,随着研究的不断深入,生物光子相干性理论被越来越多的研究者所认可。我们综述了自1923年以来UPE的研究进展,详细介绍了生物光子相干性理论的形成背景及其提出过程,总结了生物光子相干性理论的主要实验以及存在的争议,概括说明UPE作为生命系统普遍存在的一种现象,其研究不仅对生命科学领域具有重大的科学意义,在医学、中医学、农业、食品和环境科学等领域也具有广泛的应用价值。

The ultra-weak light emission(UPE) is a general phenomenon of living systems,exists in a variety of animals,plants,algae and microbial systems,and it is an inherent function of organism.However,the generation mechanism of UPE has two theoretical hypothesis,they are coherence theory and metabolic theory.In recent years,along with the continuously going deep into of the research of UPE,the biophoton coherence theory proposed by Popp is recognized by more and more researchers.We review the research progress of UPE since 1923,introduce the background and process of proposing the biophoton coherence theory,summarize some important evidences which support the coherence of biophoton as well as the debates between the two theories.As a common phenomenon in the biological,the researches of UPE not only have great scientific significance in the life science field,but also have extensive application value in medicine,agriculture,food and environmental sciences.