Sagapenum
Sagapenum (
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
laser.[5]
According to
silphium and galbanum, and has expectorant, topical, anti-convulsant, and abortifacient properties.[6]
References
- ^ Greek-English Lexicon(8th ed.), Harper & Brothers, p. 1371
- ^ a b Immanuel Löw (1881), Aramäische Pflanzennamen, Engelmann, p. 191
- ^ a b c Bernhard Langkavel (1866), Botanik der späteren Griechen, Berggold, p. 40
- ^ The Encyclopaedia of Islam, vol. 8 (2nd ed.), Brill, pp. 1042–1043
- ^ a b "sagapēnum", Oxford Latin Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1968, p. 1679
- Dioscorides (1902), "Sagapenum", in Julius Berendes (ed.), De materia medica(PDF), PharmaWiki.ch, p. 192