Biology:Sagapenum
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Sagapenum (Greek σᾰγάπηνον,[1] σικβινίτζα (Du Cange),[2] σεραπίων;[3] Arabic sakbīnadj;[4] Latin sagapenum,[5] sagapium,[3] seraphinum (Pharm. Witenbergica)[2]) is a historical plant from Media, identified with Ferula persica[1][3] and Ferula szowitziana,[4] also denoting its yellow translucent resin, which causes irritation of the skin and whose smell resembles that of asafoetida.
History
Pliny (Historia Naturalis 12.126, 19.167, 20.197) holds that sagapenum is similar to ammoniacum, and mentions its use in adultering laser.[5]
According to Dioscorides (De materia medica 3.85, 95), sagapenum smells like silphium and galbanum, and has expectorant, topical, anti-convulsant, and abortifacient properties.[6]
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Henry Liddell; Robert Scott, eds. (1897), "σᾰγάπηνον", Greek-English Lexicon (8th ed.), Harper & Brothers, p. 1371, https://archive.org/details/greekenglishlex00lidduoft
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Immanuel Löw (1881), Aramäische Pflanzennamen, Engelmann, p. 191, https://archive.org/details/AramaeischePflanzennamen
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 3.2 Bernhard Langkavel (1866), Botanik der späteren Griechen, Berggold, p. 40, https://archive.org/details/botanikderspaet01langgoog
- ↑ Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 A. Dietrich (1995), "ṢAMGH", The Encyclopaedia of Islam, 8 (2nd ed.), Brill, pp. 1042–1043
- ↑ Jump up to: 5.0 5.1 Oxford Latin Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1968, p. 1679
- ↑ Dioscorides (1902), Julius Berendes, ed., De materia medica, PharmaWiki.ch, p. 192, http://www.pharmawiki.ch/materiamedica/images/Dioskurides.pdf
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