Materia Medica of Pharmaceutical Combinations and Specialities

Materia Medica of Pharmaceutical Combinations and Specialities

Materia Medica Used in Jaundice Based on Persian Medicine

Jaundice is recognized by increased bilirubin level of blood and yellow appearance in skin, sclera and mucous membrane. Natural products have been used for treatment of jaundice for a long time and Persian Medicine can be a good source of natural drugs for this purpose. This study was done to find the materia medica used for jaundice based on Persian medicine (PM) texts including The Canon of M...

On the materia medica of Dioscorides and a report about a copy of it in Tehran

The most important reference work for pharmacology in the Islamic Era is Materia Medica by Dioscorides, the Greek scientist. It’s also named fi-hayuli-al-Tibb in the Islamic era. There are several different translation of this book in Arabic and Persian. In this article I’m going to introduce a manuscript of one the Arabic translation of this book which hasn’t been mentioned in any bibliographi...

Synergic antibacterial activity of some essential oils from Lamiaceae

Background and objectives: Despite the vast production of new antibiotics in the last three decades, resistance to these drugs by microorganisms has increased and essential oils (EOs) have been recognized to possess antimicrobial properties. Methods:  In the present study, EOs obtained from aerial parts of Thymus vulgaris L., Lavandula angustifolia Mill., Rosmarinus offici...

Notes on Materia Medica and Pharmacy

insufficiently the departments of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, so that the student preparing for an examination in Materia Medica would find it necessary to seek for further information elsewhere on these subjects. Dr. F. T. Roberts has now issued that part of the notes for his course ?f lectures on Materia Medica at University College, which relates to Materia Medica, Pharmacy and Ph...