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1: Neth Heart J. 2007;15(3):118-20.Click here to read Links

Pliny's pharmacopoeia or the Roman treat.

van Tellingen C.

Department of Cardiology, St Franciscus Hospital, Roosendaal, the Netherlands.

Pliny's pharmacopoeia is considered to be the cradle of pharmacotherapy. Its compilation, accessibility and distribution on a larger scale then ever before took care of the spread of knowledge, which contributed to its name and fame throughout the ages. References to a (nonspecified) cardiac diagnosis are discussed with special interest in glycosides, flavonoids, alkaloids and synergy in drug action. The importance of systems biology leading to a scientific-based herbal medicine is underlined as a major issue in future pharmacotherapy, bridging more than 212 thousand years of pharmacological intervention. (Neth Heart J 2007;15:118-20.).

PMID: 18604277 [PubMed - in process]

PMCID: PMC2442893