Negative Air Ions and Their Effects on Human Health and Air Quality Improvement
Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, 1 Research Link, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117604, Singapore
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Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2018, 19(10), 2966; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19102966
Received: 15 August 2018
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Revised: 13 September 2018
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Accepted: 25 September 2018
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Published: 28 September 2018
(This article belongs to the Section Biochemistry)
Negative air ions (NAIs) have been discovered for more than 100 years and are widely used for air cleaning. Here, we have carried out a comprehensive reviewing on the effects of NAIs on humans/animals, and microorganisms, and plant development. The presence of NAIs is credited for increasing psychological health, productivity, and overall well-being but without consistent or reliable evidence in therapeutic effects and with controversy in anti-microorganisms. Reports also showed that NAIs could help people in relieving symptoms of allergies to dust, mold spores, and other allergens. Particulate matter (PM) is a major air pollutant that affects human health. Experimental data showed that NAIs could be used to high-efficiently remove PM. Finally, we have reviewed the plant-based NAI release system under the pulsed electric field (PEF) stimulation. This is a new NAI generation system which releases a huge amount of NAIs under the PEF treatment. The system may be used to freshen indoor air and reduce PM concentration in addition to enriching oxygen content and indoor decoration at home, school, hospital, airport, and other indoor areas.
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Jiang, S.-Y.; Ma, A.; Ramachandran, S. Negative Air Ions and Their Effects on Human Health and Air Quality Improvement. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2018, 19, 2966. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19102966
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Jiang S-Y, Ma A, Ramachandran S. Negative Air Ions and Their Effects on Human Health and Air Quality Improvement. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2018; 19(10):2966. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19102966
Chicago/Turabian StyleJiang, Shu-Ye, Ali Ma, and Srinivasan Ramachandran. 2018. "Negative Air Ions and Their Effects on Human Health and Air Quality Improvement" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 19, no. 10: 2966. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19102966
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