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Carthamus tinctorius L. Asteraceae. Safe Flower, False Saffron - Distribution: W. Asia. Dioscorides (in Beck, 2003) notes the seeds as a purgative, but also advises it made up with 30 figs, which must have helped. Gerard (1640) calls it Atractylis flore luteo the yellow distaffe thistle. and follows Dioscorides in its uses, but does get the reader confused with Cnicus benedictus, calling both plants 'wild bastard saffron'. Culpeper makes no mention of it in his early works, but later (1826) have the following: ‘Wild Saffon, or Saf-flower ... accounted a pretty strong cathartic [causing diarrhoea and vomiting], evacuating tough viscid phlegm, both upwards and downwards, and by that means is said to clear the lungs, and help the phthisic [now equated with tuberculosis]. It is likewise serviceable against the jaundice
Dr Henry Oakeley- Books
Molecular biotechnology : principles and applications of recombinant DNA / Bernard R. Glick, Jack J. Pasternak.
Glick, Bernard R.Date: [2003], ©2003- Videos
Life running out of control : gene food and designer babies.
Date: 2004- Books
Molecular biotechnology : principles and applications of recombinant DNA / Bernard R. Glick and Jack J. Pasternak.
Glick, Bernard R.Date: [1994], ©1994- Books
Nuclear organization, chromatin structure, and gene expression / edited by Roel van Driel and Arie P. Otte.
Date: 1997- Books
Genetic engineering / Mikko Canini, book editor.
Date: [2006], ©2006- Books
Gene probes : principles and protocols / edited by Marilena Aquino de Muro and Ralph Rapley.
Date: [2002], ©2002- Books
The future of food : biotechnology markets and policies in an international setting / edited by Philip G. Pardey.
Date: [2001], ©2001- Books
The Penn Center guide to bioethics / Vardit Ravitsky, Autumn Fiester, Arthur L. Caplan, [editors].
Date: [2009], ©2009