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Abstract
Grant Number: 5R24AT001808-03 Project Title: Medicinal Plants of Antiquity: A Computerized Database
PI Information: Name Title TOUWAIDE, ALAIN atouwaide@hotmail.com Abstract: DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The program aims to recover the therapeutic uses of plants in classical antiquity (5th century B.C. to 2nd century A.D.) for possible integration into contemporary research on natural medicines. The resulting comprehensive computerized database, the first on this topic, will be made available to scientists and scholars through a fee-based site. Research will be based on the three major ancient extant works, or groups of works, on pharmaceutical therapy and medicinal plants, those by, or attributed to: Hippocrates (5th-4th cent. B.C.), Dioscorides (1st cent. A.D.), and Galen (2nd cent. A.D.). Texts will be read in the original language (Greek); relevant data will be extracted and translated into English, and both versions will be stored in a primary database and indexed for retrieval. Secondary databases, up to four, will be used to store identifications of the plants and diseases mentioned in the texts, when possible, in addition to historical data on the authors and their works. These secondary databases will be linked to the primary database so that users of the primary database can consult at any moment the necessary information for a better understanding of ancient texts.
Public Health Relevance:
This Public Health Relevance is not available.Thesaurus Terms:
information system, medicinal plant, plant extract
computer program /software, health science research, history of life science
alternative medicine
Institution: SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 2011 CRYSTAL DR ARLINGTON, VA 222023709 Fiscal Year: 2006 Department: Project Start: 15-SEP-2004 Project End: 31-JUL-2008 ICD: NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY & ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE IRG: ZAT1