#silphion — Public Fediverse posts

"Next Chapter in the #Legend of #silphion Preliminary Morphological, Chemical, Biological and #Pharmacological Evaluations, Initial Conservation #studies and Reassessment of the Regional #Extinction Event"

https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/10/1/102

#openaccess

https://mdpi-res.com/d_attachment/plants/plants-10-00102/article_deploy/plants-10-00102.pdf?version=1609926557

" This #miracle plant was #eaten into #extinction 2,000 years ago—or was it?

#Silphion cured diseases and made food tasty, but Emperor #Nero allegedly consumed the last stalk. Now, a #Turkish researcher thinks he’s found a #botanical survivor. "

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/miracle-plant-eaten-extinction-2000-years-ago-silphion

Further reading on the "Next Chapter in the Legend of #Silphion: Preliminary Morphological, Chemical, Biological and Pharmacological Evaluations, Initial Conservation Studies …" here by M. Miski in #Plants 10(1), 2021. 🔓

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7825337