Compositional data on some Persian bezoars.
Fourteen Bezoars from Persia, used in past times and even to-day as a medicine or as a health-preserving precious tone, are examined. Among the concretions ellagic acid prevails. Some are bile pigmented or calcite stones. Other bezoars are mineral substances or artifacts.
D000818:Animals; D001630:Bezoars / Q000662:veterinary*; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000032:analysis; D002118:Calcium / Q000032:analysis; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000662:veterinary; D004610:Ellagic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D005704:Gallbladder; D006041:Goats; D008903:Minerals / Q000032:analysis; D010087:Oxides / Q000032:analysis; D013270:Stomach; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D008903:Minerals; D010087:Oxides; D004610:Ellagic Acid; D002118:Calcium