Drugs held and sold by pharmacists of the Jewish community of medieval (11-14th centuries) Cairo according to lists of materia medica found at the Taylor-Schechter Genizah collection, Cambridge

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 275-293

  Lev, Efraim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cairo; Drugs lists; Ethnopharmacology; Genizah; Jewish community; Materia medica; Medieval; Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

CAMPHOR; PLANT EXTRACT;

ALMOND; ARALIA; ARTICLE; BASIL; CATTLE; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG RESEARCH; EGYPT; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HEBREW; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; JEW; LANGUAGE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MYROBALAN; NONHUMAN; PALESTINE; PEPPER; PHARMACY; PISTACIA LENTISCUS; PRESCRIPTION; ROSE; ROSEMARY; SAFFRON;

ANIMALS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EGYPT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; JEWS; LANGUAGE; MANUSCRIPTS, MEDICAL; MATERIA MEDICA; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

ANIMALIA; ARALIA; BOS; DRYOBALANOPS; OCIMUM; PRUNUS DULCIS; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; TERMINALIA CATAPPA;

EID: 33847156725     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.09.044     Document Type: Article

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