title: Persephone's seeds: Abortifacients and contraceptives in Ancient Greek medicine and their recent scientific appraisal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Classics and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.
authors.forename: Sarah E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Nelson
mesh_terms: D000019:Abortifacient Agents / Q000266:history* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003270:Contraceptive Agents / Q000266:history* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D000076145:Greece, Ancient; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D011247:Pregnancy; D012586:Science / Q000592:standards; D012639:Seeds
chemical_list: D000019:Abortifacient Agents; D003270:Contraceptive Agents