ArticlemBio2020
Data Mining a Medieval Medical Text Reveals Patterns in Ingredient Choice That Reflect Biological Activity against Infectious Agents.
Article in mBio, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- Sweet and sour synergy: exploring the antibacterial and antibiofilm activity of acetic acid and vinegar combined with medical-grade honeys.Microbiology (Reading, England) · 2023Pooled it
- Reviving the past for a healthier future: ancient molecules and remedies as a solution to the antibiotic crisis.Future microbiology · 2025Review
- Data mining historical Chinese medical recipe collections and nuclear receptor profiling identify plant fractions that modulate glucocorticoid receptor activity.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Article
- A case study of the Ancientbiotics collaboration.Patterns (New York, N.Y.) · 2022Review
- Phase 1 safety trial of a natural product cocktail with antibacterial activity in human volunteers.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The pharmacopeia used by physicians and laypeople in medieval Europe has largely been dismissed as placebo or superstition. While we now recognize that some of the
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