Título: Constituents of the oleoresin of the American male-fern (Dryopteris filix mas).
Autores: Thomas, Telfer. L.
Fecha: 1957
Publicador: McGill University - MCGILL
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Tipo: Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Tema: Chemistry.
Descripción: One of the best and oldest known tapeworm anthelmintics, a preparation from Dryopteris filix mas, commonly called the Male-fern, was known and used by the Greek physicians of ancient times (1). Their knowledge was lost in the Middle Ages except for a few people who kept it a closely guarded secret. In the eighteenth century Frederic the Great of Prussia managed to buy the information concerning the rhizome of the Male-fern and published it. The most effective preparation was the oil obtained by extracting the dried rhizome with ether. The anthelmintic action of the rhizome of Dryopteris filix mas on living animals and tapeworms was studied scientifically for the first time by Carlblom (2), in Tartu, Estonia, in 1866.
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