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| URI | http://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/062731CE-51D7-46E5-922F-090441CF9180 | - |
| Αναγνωριστικό | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.07.017 | - |
| Αναγνωριστικό | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X1830230X | - |
| Γλώσσα | en | - |
| Μέγεθος | 14 pages | en |
| Τίτλος | Greco-Roman mineral (litho)therapeutics and their relationship to their microbiome: the case of the red pigment miltos | en |
| Δημιουργός | Photos-Jones, Effie | en |
| Δημιουργός | Knapp Charles W. | en |
| Δημιουργός | Venieri Danai | en |
| Δημιουργός | Βενιερη Δαναη | el |
| Δημιουργός | Christidis Georgios | en |
| Δημιουργός | Χρηστιδης Γεωργιος | el |
| Δημιουργός | Elgy Christine N. | en |
| Δημιουργός | Valsami-Jones, Eva | en |
| Δημιουργός | Gounaki Iosifina | en |
| Δημιουργός | Γουνακη Ιωσηφινα | el |
| Δημιουργός | Andriopoulou Nafsika-Chrysoula | en |
| Δημιουργός | Ανδριοπουλου Ναυσικα-Χρυσουλα | el |
| Εκδότης | Elsevier | en |
| Περίληψη | This paper introduces a holistic approach to the study of Greco-Roman (G-R) lithotherapeutics. These are the minerals or mineral combinations that appear in the medical and scientific literature of the G-R world. It argues that they can best be described not simply in terms of their bulk chemistry/mineralogy but also their ecological microbiology and nanofraction component. It suggests that each individual attribute may have underpinned the bioactivity of the lithotherapeutic as an antibacterial, antifungal or other. We focus on miltos, the highly prized, naturally fine, red iron oxide-based mineral used as a pigment, in boat maintenance, agriculture and medicine. Five samples (four geological (from Kea, N. Cyclades) and one archaeological (from Lemnos, NE Aegean)) of miltos were analyzed with physical and biological science techniques. We show that: a. Kean miltos and Lemnian earth/miltos must have been chemically and mineralogically different; b. Lemnian miltos must have been more effective as an antibacterial against specific pathogens (Gram + and Gram − bacteria) than its Kean counterpart; c. two samples of Kean miltos, although similar, chemically, mineralogically and eco-microbiologically (phylum/class level), nevertheless, displayed different antibacterial action. We suggest that this may constitute proof of microbial ecology playing an important role in effecting bioactivity and, interestingly, at the more specific genus/species level. From the perspective of the historian of G-R science, we suggest that it may have been on account of its bioactivity, rather than simply its ‘red-staining’ effect, that miltos gained prominent entry into the scientific and medical literature of the G-R world. | en |
| Τύπος | Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication | en |
| Τύπος | Δημοσίευση σε Περιοδικό με Κριτές | el |
| Άδεια Χρήσης | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en |
| Ημερομηνία | 2019-05-23 | - |
| Ημερομηνία Δημοσίευσης | 2018 | - |
| Θεματική Κατηγορία | Bioactivity | en |
| Θεματική Κατηγορία | Greco-Roman mineral medicinals | en |
| Θεματική Κατηγορία | Lithotherapeutics | en |
| Θεματική Κατηγορία | Microbiota | en |
| Θεματική Κατηγορία | Miltos | en |
| Θεματική Κατηγορία | Minerals | en |
| Θεματική Κατηγορία | Nanoparticles | en |
| Βιβλιογραφική Αναφορά | E. Photos-Jones, C. W. Knapp, D. Venieri, G. E. Christidis, C. Elgy, E. Valsami-Jones, I. Gounaki and N. C. Andriopoulou, "Greco-Roman mineral (litho)therapeutics and their relationship to their microbiome: the case of the red pigment miltos," J. Archaeol. Sci. Rep., vol. 22, pp. 179-192, Dec. 2018. doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.07.017 | en |
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