Materia medica chests: Investigating the 19th century use of botanicals by different medical professions

Mackonochie, Marion; Heinrich, Michael

doi:10.1016/j.hermed.2019.100255

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“…The use of Mentha species has been reported in China since the rule of Ming [ 69 ]. Mentha became an official item of Materia medical in London Pharmacopeia [ 70 ]. In the 18th century, it was commonly used as a medicinal herb [ 71 , 72 ].…”

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Mentha: Nutritional and Health Attributes to Treat Various Ailments Including Cardiovascular Diseases

Saqib

Ullah

Naeem³

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A poor diet, resulting in malnutrition, is a critical challenge that leads to a variety of metabolic disorders, including obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. Mentha species are famous as therapeutic herbs and have long served as herbal medicine. Recently, the demand for its products, such as herbal drugs, medicines, and natural herbal formulations, has increased significantly. However, the available literature lacks a thorough overview of Mentha phytochemicals’ effects for reducing malnutritional risks against cardiovascular diseases. In this context, we aimed to review the recent advances of Mentha phytochemicals and future challenges for reducing malnutritional risks in cardiovascular patients. Current studies indicated that Mentha species phytochemicals possess unique antimicrobial, antidiabetic, cytotoxic, and antioxidant potential, which can be used as herbal medicine directly or indirectly (such as food ingredients) and are effective in controlling and curing cardiovascular diseases. The presence of aromatic and flavor compounds of Mentha species greatly enhance the nutritional values of the food. Further interdisciplinary investigations are pivotal to explore main volatile compounds, synergistic actions of phytochemicals, organoleptic effects, and stability of Mentha sp. phytochemicals.

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Section: Health Benefits Of Menthamentioning

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Mentha: Nutritional and Health Attributes to Treat Various Ailments Including Cardiovascular Diseases

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Ullah

Naeem³

et al. 2022

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“…Folk medicine used this resin to treat various diseases (Demetzos et al 1994)-e.g. abdominal pain (Rivera et al 2019)-and in the cosmetic industry to create perfumes (Mackonochie and Heinrich 2019). From the Greeks, many of its properties were attributed by the association of the name, Ladon, to the mythological account.…”

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“…In general, it can be said that many resins and oleoresins have antiseptic, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties and are used in cosmetics or as perfumes or in incense (Mackonochie and Heinrich 2019).…”

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“…In particular, the analyses related to the organic substances and mixtures appear to be of fundamental importance for identifying the materials, understanding their origin and their use and providing further information also related to everyday life. These are the topics of numerous investigations and works dealing with the characterisation of ancient cosmetics and archaeological residues (Riva 2001;Gamberini et al 2011;Modugno et al 2006;Izzo et al 2013;Saliu et al 2011;Petrović et al 2005;Guasch-Jané et al 2004;Lucero-Gómez et al 2014;Mackonochie and Heinrich 2019).…”

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New insights into the composition of historical remedies and pharmaceutical formulations: the identification of natural resins and balsams by gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric investigations

Izzo

Lodi

Pascual

2020

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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The present paper reports one of the first studies on the identification of natural resins and balsams in modern era drug formulations. Gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was applied to investigate the composition of ancient remedies and pharmaceutical formulations coming from the Spezieria di Santa Maria della Scala in Rome, founded at the end of the seventeenth century by the Discalced Carmelites. The obtained results highlight the presence of complex mixtures containing resinaceous and lipidic-based compounds. Thanks to the detection of characteristic markers, it was possible to identify several natural resins, such as guaiacum resin, ladano resin and scammony resin. Balsamic and aromatic compounds characteristic of essential oils were identified as well. In addition, an anti-inflammatory ointment, composed by mixing Venetian turpentine, a Pinaceae resin and a triterpene resin exudate of a plant from South America, was found among the analysed formulations. Combining the analytical results, the historical research and the botanical composition, it was possible to formulate compositional hypotheses of this historical medicine and provided some indications about their use in health. The study of historical drugs is not only important to know the practices handed down by apothecaries in the past, but also fundamental to reconstruct historical recipes that can inspire new dermatological, cosmetic, hygienic and current curative products.

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“…Since ancient times, E. officinarum has been used in folk medicine, although currently it has been determined that this is obsolete, at least for some ailments. For example, there are still descriptions that the milky sap of this species is used in earache and as emetic in Buxar district, India [ 5 ], although this utilization as emetic has already been considered outdated [ 6 ]. Anti-diabetic utilization of E. officinarum is particularly cited in diverse places in Morocco and almost always under powder obtained from aerial parts of E. officinarum subsp.…”

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Biological Properties of Latex, Aqueous Extracts and Bee Products of Euphorbia officinarum L.: A Short Review

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Euphorbia officinarum L. is a Moroccan endemic plant known as “Tikiout” and “Daghmus” that can also be found in Mauritania, Western Sahara, and Algeria. In the present review, “Euphorbia officinarum”, “metabolites” “hemisynthesis” were the keywords used for the research in the Web search engine Google Scholar and in the database Web of Science. Triterpenes, phytosterols and ingol diterpenes were isolated and identified in the latex of Moroccan E. officinarum. More than sixty triterpenes were obtained by hemisynthesis from natural triterpenes. Some of these derivatives had insecticidal and antimicrobial activity (phytopathogenic bacteria). The total phenol content and the antioxidant and anti-a-glucosidase activities were dependent on the time and temperature of extractions and also on the plant solvent ratio. The antioxidant activity of monofloral honey of E. officinarum origin was attributed to the phenol fraction (this fraction, previously isolated from honey samples, had better activity than the entire honey).

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Materia medica chests: Investigating the 19th century use of botanicals by different medical professions

Cited by 6 publications

References 13 publications

Mentha: Nutritional and Health Attributes to Treat Various Ailments Including Cardiovascular Diseases

Mentha: Nutritional and Health Attributes to Treat Various Ailments Including Cardiovascular Diseases

New insights into the composition of historical remedies and pharmaceutical formulations: the identification of natural resins and balsams by gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric investigations

Biological Properties of Latex, Aqueous Extracts and Bee Products of Euphorbia officinarum L.: A Short Review

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