The quest for Homer’s moly: exploring the potential of an early ethnobotanical complex
Abstract The Homeric plant moly is a mysterious herb mentioned in Book 10 of the Odyssey. In the early 1980s, a pharmacological thesis to identify the plant was put forward for the first time, regarding the snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis L.) as candidate species. The proposal was inspired by the snowdr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2024-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-024-00650-7 |