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Dioscorides and De Materia Medica - Colocynth
Identifier
018075
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
From DIOSCORIDES - DE MATERIA MEDICA BEING AN HERBAL WITH MANY OTHER MEDICINAL MATERIALS WRITTEN IN GREEK IN THE FIRST CENTURY OF THE COMMON ERA A NEW INDEXED VERSION IN MODERN ENGLISH BY Tess Anne Osbaldeston and RPA Wood - Introduction
Palliatives for toothache included colocynth………………….
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases - Biological Activities in: Citrullus colocynthis (Cucurbitaceae) – Colocynth
Related to Toothache
Analgesic 5-10 g/day
Anesthetic
Antibacterial MBC=200 ug/ml MIC=625-1,250 ug/ml
Anticariogenic
Antigingivitic MIC=625-1,250 ug/ml
Antiinflammatory 40 mg/kg ipr >Phenylbutazone IC50=21 uM IC50=31 uM IC71=1,000 ppm orl
Antinociceptive
Antiodontalgic
Antioxidant 1.3 x Vit. E 1/2 BHA 1/3 quercetin 100 ppm 3,000 uM 30 mM 50 uM EC50=100 ul/l EC50=9-15 ug/ml IC40=60 IC44=10 uM IC46=10 uM IC50=120 uM IC50=54.2 uM IC51=200 ppm IC53=200 ppm IC57=30 ppm IC60=60 IC71=60 IC80=12 uM
Antiplaque MIC=625-1,250 ug/ml
Antiscorbutic 10 mg/man/day
Antiseptic 200 ug/ml 3.8 x phenol 4-8 g/day 5.2 x phenol MIC=3.3-217 mg/ml MIC=625-1,250 ug/ml
Antiyeast
COX-1-Inhibitor IC40=100
COX-2-Inhibitor IC20=100 IC32=100 uM IC50=295 uM/
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor
Fungicide MIC 625 ug/ml MIC=0.4 mg/ml
Fungistat 100 ug/mL
Immunostimulant
Vulnerary