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Headword: *ph/ganon
Adler number: pi,1483
Translated headword: rue
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A kind of herb.
Greek Original:
*ph/ganon: ei)=dos bota/nhs.
Note:
*ph/ganon, probably rue or Ruta graveolens L., was a famous abortifacient used by Roman and Greek physicians (Soranus from Riddle 1992, pp. 47, 91). Also allegedly used against insect bites, hysteria, and to improve eyesight. It has a complicated chemical composition and is probably mutagenic (Paulini & Schirmer 1987, p.271). See Wikipedia entry at web address 1.
References:
John Riddle, Contraception and abortion from the ancient world to the middle ages. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard U.P. 1992.
Eilert Paulini and Otto Schimmer "Mutagenic compounds in an extract for ruta herba (Ruta graveolens L.)," Mutagenesis 2, 1987.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: botany; definition; medicine
Translated by: Carl Widstrand on 6 February 2000@14:58:57.
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