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THE MODE OF ACTION OF VENOM ACCORDING TO JAbar;[Hdotu]I[Zdotu]

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2002

Ahmed Aarab ,
Philippe Provençal  and
Mohamed Idaomar
Ahmed Aarab
Affiliation:
Groupe de recherche et de documentation sur les sciences arabes médiévales, Faculté des sciences et techniques, B.P. 416, Tanger, Maroc
Philippe Provençal
Affiliation:
Naturhistorisk Museum, Århus, Universitetsparken bygn. 210, 8000 Århus C, Denmark
Mohamed Idaomar
Affiliation:
Faculté des sciences, B.P. 2121, Tétouan, Maroc
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The aim of this paper is to present the modes of action of venom as construed by Abū 'Uthmān 'Amr ibn Ba[hdotu]r al-Jā[hdotu]i[zdotu] (780-868) in his Kitāb al-[Hdotu]ayawān (The Book of Animals). The toxicological information presented by Jā[hdotu]i[zdotu] is a synthesis of data available in his time, but Jā[hdotu]i[zdotu] complemented these early conceptions by his personal theoretical views. Jā[hdotu]i[zdotu]'s fundamental idea is that venoms act through their specific natures; this idea in a way is reminiscent of present-day theory of enzymes.

Type
Research Article
Information
Arabic Sciences and Philosophy , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , March 2001 , pp. 79 - 89
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© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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