Borate in mummification salts and bones from Pharaonic Egypt

Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 214-220

  Kaup, Yoka ^a   Schmid, Mirjam ^a   Middleton, Andrew ^b   Weser, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b BRITISH MUSEUM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Borate; Borate polyol complex; Mummification salt; Tutankhamen

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BORIC ACID; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BONE TISSUE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EGYPT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PALEOPATHOLOGY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRESERVATION; SAMPLING; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

TUTANKHAMEN;

EID: 0037334612     PISSN: 01620134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0162-0134(03)00002-3     Document Type: Article

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