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Distribution of Certain Poppy-Fumaria Alkaloids and a Possible Link with the Incidence of Glaucoma

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HAKIM, S., MIJOVIĆ, V. & WALKER, J. Distribution of Certain Poppy-Fumaria Alkaloids and a Possible Link with the Incidence of Glaucoma. Nature 189, 198–201 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/189198a0

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