W S Pierpoint
Biographic Data
| ID | 4242684 |
|---|---|
| NAME | W S Pierpoint |
| GIVEN NAMES | W S |
| FAMILY NAME | Pierpoint |
| SIGNATURE | PIERPOINT W S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rothamsted Research |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1967 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Edward Stone (1702–1768) and Edmund Stone (1700–1768)
On the 25 April 1763 a letter was sent from Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire to the Right Honourable George Parker, Earl of Macclesfield, then President of the Royal Society, extolling the use of willow bark in curing agues and other feverish complaints. The writer describes how about a pound of bark taken from a common white willow ( Salix alba ) was dried in a bag over a baker's oven for more than three months, pulverized and then used to allevia…
The natural history of salicylic acid Plant product and mammalian medicine
The natural history of salicylic acid Plant product and mammalian medicine
Salicylic acid has for a long time seemed a relatively insignificant component of many plants, remarkable only in that willows, poplars, and related salicaceous species synthesise and accumulate large amounts of its derivatives: it seemed entirely fortuitous that some of these derivatives, like salicylic acid itself, have beneficial medicinal effects in humans that have been appreciated for thousands of years. Newer research however, has revealed…
Metals and micronutrients
The Origin of Life
The Origin of Life
Metals and micronutrients
Edward Stone (1702–1768) and Edmund Stone (1700–1768)
On the 25 April 1763 a letter was sent from Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire to the Right Honourable George Parker, Earl of Macclesfield, then President of the Royal Society, extolling the use of willow bark in curing agues and other feverish complaints. The writer describes how about a pound of bark taken from a common white willow ( Salix alba ) was dried in a bag over a baker's oven for more than three months, pulverized and then used to allevia…
The natural history of salicylic acid Plant product and mammalian medicine
The natural history of salicylic acid Plant product and mammalian medicine
Salicylic acid has for a long time seemed a relatively insignificant component of many plants, remarkable only in that willows, poplars, and related salicaceous species synthesise and accumulate large amounts of its derivatives: it seemed entirely fortuitous that some of these derivatives, like salicylic acid itself, have beneficial medicinal effects in humans that have been appreciated for thousands of years. Newer research however, has revealed…
Biology (3 works) · Botany (3 works) · Salicylic acid (3 works) · Biochemistry (2 works) · Chemistry (2 works) · History (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Natural product (2 works) · Traditional medicine (2 works) · Ancient history (1 work)