Journal of Clinical & Experimental Pharmacology

Antique herbals as contemporary references

3^rd World Congress on Pharmacology

August 08-10, 2016 Birmingham, UK

E Evergetis and S A Haroutounian

Agricultural University of Athens, Greece

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Clin Exp Pharmacol

Abstract:

An ongoing effort for the integrated study of the information provided in the text and images of a 7th century manuscript has provided so far intriguing results on the delineation of the described herbal material. Identification of the Umbelliferae (Apiaceae) plants utilized as drugs in the most prominent of the antique herbals, Dioscorides�??s De Materia Medica, is just the initial step for the retrieval and consequent exploitation of the knowledge hidden therein. Here is presented for first time the full approach of the proposed methodology for two selected plants, Opopanax chironium and Mandragora officinarum including the following consequents tasks; the plant identification, the definition of the plant part utilized in the remedy, the description of plant collection and post-harvest management, and finally the delineation of the remedy preparation techniques, metrics and conditions. The results of this data recombination conform a documented complete description of the natural product proposed by the manuscript as herbal remedy. Then, this detailed description is discussed against the current advances in the phytochemistry, ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology, and the bioactivity indications of the selected taxa, aiming to indicate potential knowledge gaps and future perspectives on each relevant discipline. Finally, is explored the value and potentials of the manuscript as documentation material for origin indication in the context of the Nagoya Protocol and the European Union�??s legislative framework.

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Email: epaev@mac.com