European materia medica in historical texts: Longevity of a tradition and implications for future use

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-47

  De Vos, Paula ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioprospecting; Dioscorides; History; Materia medica; New drug discovery; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; ASPHALT; BALSAM; MATERIA MEDICA; PEPPER EXTRACT; SENNA EXTRACT; TURPENTINE;

ACACIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BITE; BURN; CARDAMOM; CHOLERA; COLIC; COUGHING; DIZZINESS; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG RESEARCH; DYSPNEA; EPILEPSY; EUROPE; GOUT; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; LEPROSY; LIVER PAIN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOUTH INFLAMMATION; NEOPLASM; NEPHRITIS; PEDICULOSIS; PLEURISY; PRURITUS; PUSTULE; SCABIES; SNAKEBITE; SORE THROAT; SWELLING; THRUSH; TOOTH PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ULCER;

EUROPE; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; MANUSCRIPTS, MEDICAL; MATERIA MEDICA; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHARMACOPOEIAS AS TOPIC; PLANT PREPARATIONS;

EID: 77957784414     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.05.035     Document Type: Article

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