Volume6-Issue10
Dates: Received: 2025-09-12 | Accepted: 2025-10-28 | Published: 2025-10-29
Pages: 1600-1610
Abstract
In recent years, the application of universal life force as ‘Pranic’ energy to plants has gained significant attention for its potential to enhance both above- and below-ground traits. In this study, we examined that more Pranic energy in the plants is associated with higher biomass increase along with the system level responses at gene expression and metabolite levels in below and above ground parts of Brassica rapa var. parachinensis (Choy Sum) treated with a life force known as ‘Pranic’ or Qi energy. This treatment was previously shown to improve plant growth, physiology, and nutrition. Transcriptomic analysis revealed that ‘Pranic’ energy treatment induced pathways related to glucosinolate metabolism in plants. The treatment activated genes involved in phenylpropanoid synthesis, cutin, suberin, and wax biosynthesis pathways in the shoots, while in roots, it induced genes associated with sesquiterpene and triterpene metabolism, defense responses, and cell wall modification. Metabolomic analysis further demonstrated that ‘Pranic’-treated plants exhibited higher levels of alkanes, aromatic hydrocarbons, carboxylic acids, fatty acids, and sterol alcohols. The ‘Pranic’-energy mediated upregulation of pathways related to sugar, and dicarboxylate metabolism, is indicative of the activation of pentose phosphate pathways and photosynthesis. Overall, this study highlights the comprehensive molecular and metabolic changes induced by ‘Pranic’-energy in an organ-specific manner in plants, resulting in its improved growth, physiology, and nutritional quality
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DOI: 10.37871/jbres2213
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Swarup S, Mendoza GJ, Mazumder M, Bhattacharya R, Velasco R, Chung M, Sarkar P, Mayalagu S. Pranic Energy-Mediated Coordinated Regulation of Genetic and Metabolic Pathways in Brassica sp. Choy Sum. J Biomed Res Environ Sci. 2025 Oct 29; 6(10): 1600-1610. doi: 10.37871/jbres2213, Article ID: JBRES2213, Available at: https://www.jelsciences.com/articles/jbres2213.pdf
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