Nymphaea cults in ancient Egypt and the New World: A lesson in empirical pharmacology

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 84-85

  Bertol, Elisabetta ^a   Fineschi, Vittorio ^b   Karch, Steven B ^c   Mari, Francesco ^a   Riezzo, Irene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^c Medical Examiner Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOMORPHINE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; EGYPT; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; MANDRAGORA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NYMPHAEA; PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM; SHORT SURVEY; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SPECIES; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 1242292983     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.97.2.84     Document Type: Short Survey

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