Sagapenum

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Sagapenum (Greek σᾰγάπηνον,[1] σικβινίτζα (Du Cange),[2] σεραπίων;[3] Arabic sakbīnadj;[4] Latin sagapenum,[5] sagapium,[3] seraphinum (Pharm. Witenbergica)[2]) is a historical plant from Media, identified with Ferula persica[1][3] and Ferula szowitziana.[4]

Sagapenum resin

History

Pliny (Historia Naturalis 12.126, 19.167, 20.197) holds that sagapenum is similar to ammoniacum, and mentions its use in adultering laser.[5]

According to Dioscorides (De materia medica 3.85, 95), sagapenum smells like silphium and galbanum, and has expectorant, topical, anti-convulsant, and abortifacient properties.[6]

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