Ancient nigella seeds from Boyali{dotless} Höyük in north-central Turkey

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 416-420

  Salih, B ^a   Sipahi, T ^b   Dönmez, E Oybak ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatolia; Chemical analysis; GC MS; Nigella; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

NIGELLA EXTRACT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROPOLIS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIQUITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DRUG DETERMINATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NIGELLA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT SEED; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ARCHAEOLOGY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; NIGELLA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROPOLIS; SEEDS; TURKEY;

APOIDEA; NIGELLA; NIGELLA SATIVA;

EID: 67650649382     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.05.039     Document Type: Article

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