title: Potent substances-An introduction.
authors.affiliation: UCL China Centre for Health and Humanity, History Department, UCL Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Vivienne
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Xi׳an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kadetz
authors.affiliation: Centre for Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy/Research Cluster Biodiversity and Medicines, UCL School of Pharmacy, London, United Kingdom; Department of Botany and US National Herbarium, US Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC, USA.
authors.forename: Marianne J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Datiles
authors.affiliation: Centre for Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy/Research Cluster Biodiversity and Medicines, UCL School of Pharmacy, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heinrich
mesh_terms: D005502:Food / Q000266:history*; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D008519:Medicine, Traditional / Q000266:history*; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010946:Plants, Medicinal
keywords: Drugs; Food; Gender; Policy; Potency; Regulation