Of Potions, Poisons, Polygonum and Pre‐emptive Polymorphism

Aithal, Guruprasad P.

Abstract

There are scores of references to plants and herbs in William Shakespeare's plays; he was obviously very knowledgeable about their perceived effects. The secret to the highly potent love potion Oberon asks Puck to find, lies in the purple, yellow and white flower, ‘love‐in‐idleness’, a folk name for the wild pansy (Viola tricolour). When scientists from Royal Society of Chemistry and Quest International put this to the test 400 years later, they concluded that ‘Wild pansies were noted in herbal folklore medicine.

Citation

Aithal, G. P. (2019). Of Potions, Poisons, Polygonum and Pre‐emptive Polymorphism. Hepatology, 70(1), 8-10. https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.30798

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 29, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Jun 3, 2019
• Publication Date: 2019-07
• Deposit Date: Jun 6, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 4, 2020
• Journal: Hepatology
• Print ISSN: 0270-9139
• Electronic ISSN: 1527-3350
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 70
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 8-10
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.30798
• Keywords: Hepatology
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2149872
• Publisher URL: https://aasldpubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/hep.30798
• Additional Information: This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Aithal, G. P. (2019), Of Potions, Poisons, Polygonum and Pre‐emptive Polymorphism. Hepatology. Accepted Author Manuscript, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.30798. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.