A medical bouquet. Poppies, cinchona and willow.
The poppy, the cinchona tree and the willow tree have all provided medicines of undoubted value during past millennium and form a "medical bouquet" worthy of consideration as this century ends. The use of these plants by ancient peoples has gradually evolved into a more informed understanding and application of the compounds initially isolated and purified from their extracts. There has been a Scottish contribution to the medical history of all three plants.
Fleming
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Department of Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital.
D001592:Benzyl Alcohols; D002929:Cinchona; D002930:Cinchona Alkaloids; D005960:Glucosides; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D010207:Papaver; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000266:history; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D014197:Trees
D001592:Benzyl Alcohols; D002930:Cinchona Alkaloids; D005960:Glucosides; D010936:Plant Extracts; C005696:salicin