Development of a Biocrystallisation Assay for Examining Effects of Homeopathic Preparations Using Cress Seedlings
Table 2
Results from ANOVA F-tests for the potency treatment (main effect and interaction with experimental day) in four different regions of interest (ROI).
Texture analysis
Main effects (P value)
Interaction with exp. day (P value)
parameter
ROI 0–50%
ROI 50–70%
ROI 70–90%
ROI 90–100%
ROI 0–50%
ROI 50–70%
ROI 70–90%
ROI 90–100%
Cluster_prominence
0.6344
0.3447
<0.0001
0.0651
0.1557
0.0175
0.0085
0.0493
Cluster_shade
0.0038
0.0002
0.1552
0.1584
0.6700
0.9604
0.8339
0.9768
Correlation
0.6482
0.0938
<0.0001
0.0131
0.0258
<0.0001
0.0186
0.1024
Diagonal_moment
0.0021
<0.0001
0.1406
0.0764
0.4649
0.9091
0.8331
0.9135
Difference_energy
0.6773
0.0160
<0.0001
0.0131
0.0217
0.0001
0.0380
0.0419
Difference_entropy
0.8924
0.0461
<0.0001
0.0123
0.0186
<0.0001
0.0240
0.0570
Energy
0.7202
0.0170
<0.0001
0.0235
0.0292
0.0001
0.0330
0.0467
Entropy
0.9311
0.0578
<0.0001
0.0416
0.0207
<0.0001
0.0172
0.0351
Inertia
0.6508
0.0939
<0.0001
0.0145
0.0258
<0.0001
0.0186
0.1158
Inverse_diff moment
0.3531
0.0199
<0.0001
0.0069
0.0103
<0.0001
0.0379
0.0096
Kappa
0.3137
0.0339
<0.0001
0.0085
0.0120
<0.0001
0.0271
0.0083
Maximum_probability
0.4692
0.1979
0.0140
0.0653
0.1840
0.0091
0.3755
0.0246
Sum_energy
0.1270
0.0550
<0.0001
0.0008
0.0129
<0.0001
0.0603
0.0498
Sum_entropy
0.5550
0.1241
<0.0001
0.0026
0.0280
<0.0001
0.0289
0.0415
Sum_variance
0.6193
0.0926
<0.0001
0.0071
0.0260
<0.0001
0.0180
0.0487
Note. Results from ANOVA F-tests for the potency treatment (Stannum met. 30x versus water 30x, main effect and interaction with experimental day), analysing all 15 second-order variables of texture analysis in four different regions-of-interest (ROI, defined as circular segments in % radius). Results originate from a full 3-way ANOVA with the independent experimental parameters (1) experimental day {LBI: 1–7, BRAD: 8–15; n = 15}, (2) treatment {Stannum met. 30x or water 30x; n = 2}, and (3) internal treatment replicate {1–3; n = 3}. Each experimental parameter combination (statistical treatment cell) was assessed by 6 biocrystallogram replicates. Highly significant effects (P < 0.01) are shown in bold.
