PHAR2210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Johann Christian Reil, Clinical Pharmacology, Salicylic Acid
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Plants as drugs: plants make many bioactive compounds, roles in defence against pests, environmental stresses, growth regulation etc, some bioactive affect human physiology, explains the awareness of drug-like actions of some plants in ancient human societies, e. g. Trailblazers i: samuel dale (1659 1739, british apothecary [pharmacist] & physician, strong interest in botany, studied under famous naturalist john ray, dale often undertook excursions to collect plants. Greek words: pharmakon (drug) and logia ( word , dale"s pharmacologia (1693) described many plants & their medicinal uses, held strong religious views and was an avid dissenter (deacon) Johann christian reil (1759- 1813: german physician and scientist, professor of medicine at the. University of halle (germany: contributed to pharmacology and, medieval europe, universities & psychiatry monasteries, maintained botanic gardens for study of plants, damian, patron saint of pharmacy. Chinese medicine: 340ad, ge hong (china), use to alleviate fever symptoms (qing hao, 1596, li shizhen (herbalist) reports use to treat malarial fever.
