Paleopharmacology and pollen: theory, method, and application

Parasitism was a universal human condition. Because of this, people developed herbal medicines to treat parasites as part of their pharmacopoeias. We propose that it is possible to recover evidence of medicinal plants from archaeological sites and link their use to specific health conditions. This i...

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Main Authors: Sérgio Augusto de Miranda Chaves, Karl J Reinhard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2003-01-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762003000900030