Further Reading

Here are some texts of interest on the field of historical ethnopharmacology. We strive to update the list regularly and welcome suggestions for additional links.

Buenz, E.J., Bauer, B.A., Johnson, H.E., Tavana, G., Beekman, E.M., Frank, K.L., Howe, C.L. (2006) Searching historical herbal texts for potential new drugs, BMJ 333, 1314-1315 (23 December).

Buenz, E.J., Schnepple, D.J., Bauer, B.A., Elkin, P.L., Riddle, J.M., Motley, T.J. (2004) Techniques: bioprospecting historical herbal texts by hunting for new leads in old tomes, Trends Pharmacol Sci 25, 494-498.

Buenz, E.J., Johnson, H.E., Beekman, E.M., Motley, T.J., Bauer, B.A. (2005) Bioprospecting Rumphius's Ambonese Herbal: Volume I, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 96 (1-2), 57-70.

Chadwick, D. J., Marsh, J. (eds.) (1990) Bioactive Compounds from Plants; Ciba Foundation Symposium 154; John Wiley & Sons, Chichester.

Cox, P.A. (1998) The promise of Gerard's Herball: new drugs from old books, Endeavour 22, 51󈞡.

Cox, P.A., Balick, M.J. (1994) The ethnobotanical approach to drug discovery, Scientific American, June, 60-65.

Gullo, V. P. (ed.) (1994) The Discovery of Natural Products with Therapeutic Potential, Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston.

Holland, B.K. (1996) Prospecting for Drugs in Ancient and Medieval European Texts: A Scientific Approach, Harwood.

Jackson, S. (2003) Classic herbal texts brought into the digital age, Herbal Gram. 60, 30󈞑.

Kinghorn, A. D., Balandrin, M. F. (eds.) (1993) Human Medicinal Agents from Plants, ACS Symposium Series 534, American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C.

Moussaieff, A., Fride, E., Amar, Z., Lev, E., Steinberg, D., Gallily, R., Mechoulam, R. (2005) The Jerusalem Balsam: From the Franciscan Monastery in the old city of Jerusalem to Martindale 33, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 101, 16-26.

Ortiz de Montellano, B. (1990) Aztec medicine, health, and nutrition, New Brunswick.

Paavilainen, H.M. (2003) Medieval Pharmacology – Change and Continuity. A Case of Kitab al-qanun fi-l-tibb by Ibn Sina, unpublished PhD dissertation, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Riddle, J.M. (1985) Dioscorides on pharmacy and medicine, Austin, Texas, University of Texas Press.

Riddle, J.M. (1992) Contraception and abortion from the ancient world to the Renaissance, Cambridge, Harvard.

Riddle, J.M. (1987) Folk tradition and folk medicine: recognition of drugs in classical antiquity, in Folklore and Folk Medicines, ed. J. Scarborough, American Institute of the History of Pharmacy, Madison, pp. 33󈞩.

Riddle, J.M. (2002) History as a tool in identifying "new" old drugs, Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 505, 89ᇲ.

Rollinger, J.M, Langer, T., Stuppner, H. (2006) Strategies for efficient lead structure discovery from natural products, Current Medicinal Chemistry 13, 1491�.

Scarborough, J. (1987) Introduction, in in Folklore and Folk Medicines, ed. J. Scarborough, American Institute of the History of Pharmacy, Madison, pp. 1𔃇.