Biophoton emission is a powerful, noninvasive tool for analyzing biological systems and has a wide range of applications in the drug and food industries, environmental protection, and diagnosis and treatment of diseases. This self-contained volume covers the historical background, the physics of biophoton emission, and applications. It aims to bring researchers up-to-date and draw attention to the many exciting findings that are widely scattered in the scientific literature.

It is now well established that all living systems emit a weak but permanent photon flux in the visible and ultraviolet range. This biophoton emission is correlated with many, if not all, biological and physiological functions. There are indications of a hitherto-overlooked information channel within the living system. Biophotons may trigger chemical reactivity in cells, growth control, differentiation and intercellular communication, i.e. biological rhythms. The basic experimental and theoretical framework, the technical problems and the wide field of applications in the food industry,...