The composition of some Roman medicines: Evidence for Pliny's Punic wax?

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 401, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1749-1759

  Stacey, R J ^a  

^a BRITISH MUSEUM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Beeswax; GC MS; Medicine; Punic wax; Residues; Saponification; XRF

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BEESWAX; GC-MS; PUNIC WAX; RESIDUES; XRF;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PELLETIZING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RESINS; SALTS; SUGARS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; WAXES;

CONTAINERS;

PLANT RESIN; PROPOLIS; WAX;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DRUG PACKAGING; GENERAL SURGERY; HISTORY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROMETRY;

ARCHAEOLOGY; DRUG PACKAGING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENERAL SURGERY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; RESINS, PLANT; ROMAN WORLD; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; WAXES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 80255131249     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-011-5160-7     Document Type: Article

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