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Medicine for the Material World
Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT It is clear that many of the inorganic materials of antiquity have been used both as medicines for human ills and also as agents in technological processes. This paper speculates that there might have been a stronger link between these two functions in the past, based on the concept of “active agents”—materials that are efficacious at curing ...
A. M. Pollard
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Interpreting materia medica. A case study on Ioannes Archiatrus. [PDF]
Wellcome Open Res, 2023 Zipser B +5 more
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Making the Old New Again Through the Process of Recombinant Innovation
Journal of Product Innovation Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Academic Summary Recombinant innovation—the process through which atypical and unexpected combinations of knowledge generate novel outcomes—is a critical driver of organizational distinctiveness and market transformation. While prior research has focused on firm‐ and industry‐level mechanisms, less attention has been given to multilevel ...
Vittoria Magrelli +4 more
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Garuda 5 (khyung lnga): Ecologies of Potency and the Poison-Medicine Spectrum of Sowa Rigpa’s Renowned ‘Black Aconite’ Formula [PDF]
, 2019 This article focuses on ethnographic work conducted at the Men-Tsee-Khang (Dharamsala, India) on Garuda 5 (khyung lnga), a commonly prescribed Tibetan medical formula.
van der Valk, Jan M. A.
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Plant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Tanshinones, the major bioactive diterpenes in Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge, are widely used to treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. While jasmonates (JAs) are known to modulate tanshinones accumulation, the molecular link between JA signalling and tanshinone biosynthesis remains unclear.
Renjun Qu +9 more
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Once again on the Empress Zoe: Women, dermatology, cosmetics, and materia medica (medical matter) in the ancient world. [PDF]
J Cosmet Dermatol, 2023 Cilione M, Cavarra B, Gazzaniga V.
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Artemisinin: From Chinese Herbal Medicine to Modern Chemotherapy [PDF]
, 2019 Malaria is a disease that has blighted humankind since early times. The first antimalarial treatment available to Europeans was the dried bark of the cinchona tree from Peru. The main problem in its use was adulteration by other material.
Butler, Anthony
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Plant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Artemisinin, an antimalarial sesquiterpene lactone, is biosynthesized in glandular trichomes of Artemisia annua. Although numerous transcription factors have been demonstrated to regulate artemisinin biosynthesis, the molecular mechanisms underlying the high expression of artemisinin‐associated biosynthetic enzyme and transcription factor ...
Xueqing Fu +11 more
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Old School Catalog 1912-13, Chicago College of Dental Surgery [PDF]
, 1912 https://scholar.valpo.edu/oldschoolcatalogs/1012/thumbnail ...
Valparaiso University
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