Searching historical herbal texts for potential new drugs.

Buenz, Eric J; Bauer, Brent A; Johnson, Holly E; Tavana, Gaugau; Beekman, Eric M; Frank, Kristi L; Howe, Charles L · BMJ · 2006

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Abstract

Historical herbal texts provide a window for resurrecting lost knowledge, and “mining” of these texts can lead to the identification of new drugs

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