Continuity and change in the Mediterranean medical tradition: Ruta spp. (rutaceae) in Hippocratic medicine and present practices

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 469-482

  Pollio, A ^a   De Natale, A ^a   Appetiti, E ^b   Aliotta, G ^c   Touwaide, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corpus Hippocraticum; Ethnobotany; Medicinal plants; Traditional plant use

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; MENSTRUATION INDUCING AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; RUTA ANGUSTIFOLIA EXTRACT; RUTA CHALEPENSIS EXTRACT; RUTA GRAVEOLENS EXTRACT; RUTA MONTANA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABORTION; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METRORRHAGIA; PLEURISY; PNEUMONIA; RUTACEAE; SPLEEN DISEASE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UTERUS DISEASE;

RUTA; RUTA CHALEPENSIS; RUTA GRAVEOLENS; RUTA MONTANA; RUTACEAE;

EID: 40249109788     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.12.013     Document Type: Article

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