Mumijo Traditional Medicine: Fossil Deposits from Antarctica (Chemical Composition and Beneficial Bioactivity)

• Published in: Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• Main Authors: Aiello, Anna, Fattorusso, Ernesto, Menna, Marialuisa, Vitalone, Rocco, Schröder, Heinz C., Müller, Werner E. G.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
• Subjects: Original Article; Nivea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Snow Petrels
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3139983; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18996940; https://doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nen072

Mumijo is a widely used traditional medicine, especially in Russia, Altai Mountains, Mongolia, Iran Kasachstan and in Kirgistan. Mumijo preparations have been successfully used for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases; they display immune-stimulating and antiallergic activity as well....