Pharmacognosy Flashcards
introduction
highly specialized science that deals with biologic, biochemical, economic features of natural drugs,
Pharmacognosy
used “pharmacognosy” in a book entitled lehrbuch der Materia Medica
J.A. SchMidt
introduced “pharmacognosy”
C.A. seydler
pharmakon
drug
gnosis
knowledge of
made clay models
Babylonians
knowledge on embalming
Egyptians
wrote papyrus ebers
Egyptians
papyrus plant
Cyperus paperus ‘(scientific name)
father of western medicine
Pedanius Dioscorides
wrote a book with 600 plants with medical properties
PD
Galenicals
Claudius Galenus
Chinese Materia Medica by Li Shih-Chen
Pen Tsao Kang Mu (Compendium of Materia Medica)
india’s compendium, based on balance of basic elements
Ayurveda
stated that pharmacognosy is the simultaneous application of various scientific disciplines
fluckiger