Soma, food of the immortals according to the Bower Manuscript (Kashmir, 6th century A.D.)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 373-386

  Leonti, Marco ^a   Casu, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambrosia; Ayurveda; Historic ethnopharmacology; India; Soma; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; PLANT EXTRACT;

AYURVEDA; CHEMISTRY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FOOD; HISTORY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOTHERAPY; PUBLICATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ALKALOIDS; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FOOD; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MANUSCRIPTS, MEDICAL; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84905087770     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.05.029     Document Type: Article

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