Medicinal plants for the treatment of urogenital tract pathologies according to dioscorides’ de materia medica

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 241-247

  Touwaide, Alain ^a   Pollio, Antonino ^b   Aliotta, Giovanni ^c   Piomelli, Daniele ^d   De Santo, Natale Gaspare ^c  

^a Istituto Italiano Per Gli Studi Filosofici Rome   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^d NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioscorides; History of pharmacology; Medicinal plants; Urogenital disease

Indexed keywords

MATERIA MEDICA;

CONFERENCE PAPER; GREECE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; MEDICINAL PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; GREEK WORLD; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 0030974999     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: 14219670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000169108     Document Type: Article

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