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Poppies as a sleep aid for infants: The “Hypnos” remedy of Cretan folk medicine

Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) is considered as one of the earliest medicinal plants known to mankind. Derived from the Greek name “opos” meaning juice, referring to its psychotropic latex, the plant was known and extensively used since Antiquity during religious rituals and for Medical purpose...

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Autores principales: Mathianaki, Kleopatra, Tzatzarakis, Manolis, Karamanou, Marianna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8511716/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34692423
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxrep.2021.10.002
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description Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) is considered as one of the earliest medicinal plants known to mankind. Derived from the Greek name “opos” meaning juice, referring to its psychotropic latex, the plant was known and extensively used since Antiquity during religious rituals and for Medical purposes, mainly as hypnotic and pain reliever agent. In Cretan folk medicine it was recommended along with other poppies until the early 20th century to induce children sedation, by the name: “Hypnos” meaning sleep.
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spelling pubmed-85117162021-10-21 Poppies as a sleep aid for infants: The “Hypnos” remedy of Cretan folk medicine Mathianaki, Kleopatra Tzatzarakis, Manolis Karamanou, Marianna Toxicol Rep Toxicology and Redox Biology under the frame of their historical evolution Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) is considered as one of the earliest medicinal plants known to mankind. Derived from the Greek name “opos” meaning juice, referring to its psychotropic latex, the plant was known and extensively used since Antiquity during religious rituals and for Medical purposes, mainly as hypnotic and pain reliever agent. In Cretan folk medicine it was recommended along with other poppies until the early 20th century to induce children sedation, by the name: “Hypnos” meaning sleep. Elsevier 2021-10-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8511716/ /pubmed/34692423 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxrep.2021.10.002 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Toxicology and Redox Biology under the frame of their historical evolution
Mathianaki, Kleopatra
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Karamanou, Marianna
Poppies as a sleep aid for infants: The “Hypnos” remedy of Cretan folk medicine
title Poppies as a sleep aid for infants: The “Hypnos” remedy of Cretan folk medicine
title_full Poppies as a sleep aid for infants: The “Hypnos” remedy of Cretan folk medicine
title_fullStr Poppies as a sleep aid for infants: The “Hypnos” remedy of Cretan folk medicine
title_full_unstemmed Poppies as a sleep aid for infants: The “Hypnos” remedy of Cretan folk medicine
title_short Poppies as a sleep aid for infants: The “Hypnos” remedy of Cretan folk medicine
title_sort poppies as a sleep aid for infants: the “hypnos” remedy of cretan folk medicine
topic Toxicology and Redox Biology under the frame of their historical evolution
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8511716/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34692423
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxrep.2021.10.002
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