[Evidence of nicotine in scalp hair of naturally mummified bodies from the Christian Sayala (Egyptian-Nubian)].
The investigations of hair samples obtained from human skeleton from the Christian cemetery of Sayala demonstrate the presence of nicotine. 12 of 39 individual hair samples were positive. These results indicate the use of plants containing nicotine as principal or secondary alkaloid.
Balabanova
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Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universität Ulm.
Teschler-Nicola
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Strouhal
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D000076144:Egypt, Ancient; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000737:chemistry*; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009106:Mummies / Q000266:history / Q000473:pathology*; D009538:Nicotine / Q000032:analysis* / Q000266:history; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
D009538:Nicotine
Nachweis von Nicotin im Kopfhaar von natürlich mumifizierten Körpern aus dem christlichen Sayala (Agyptisch-Nubien).