Editing Coral (section)

===Medicine===
[[Image:ViennaDioscoridesCoral.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Depiction of coral in the [[Juliana Anicia Codex]], a 6th-century copy of [[Dioscorides]]' ''[[De Materia Medica]]''. The facing page states that coral can be used to treat ulcers.<ref>Folio 391, [[Juliana Anicia Codex]]</ref>]]
In medicine, chemical compounds from corals can potentially be used to treat cancer, neurological diseases, inflammation including arthritis, pain, bone loss, high blood pressure and for other therapeutic uses.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Copper|first1=Edwin|last2=Hirabayashi|first2=K.|last3=Strychar|first3=K. B.|last4=Sammarco|first4=P. W.|date=2014|title=Corals and their Potential Applications to Integrative Medicine|journal=Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine|volume=2014|page=9|pmc=3976867|pmid=24757491|doi=10.1155/2014/184959|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Senthilkumar|first1=Kalimuthu|last2=Se-Kwon|first2=Kim|date=2013|title=Marine Invertebrate Natural Products for Anti-Inflammatory and Chronic Diseases.|journal=Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine|volume=2013|pages=572859|pmc=3893779|pmid=24489586|doi=10.1155/2013/572859|doi-access=free}}</ref> Coral skeletons, e.g. ''[[Isididae]]'' are being researched for their potential near-future use for [[bone graft]]ing in humans.<ref name="wiley">{{cite journal |title=Biomaterial structure in deep-sea bamboo coral (Anthozoa: Gorgonacea: Isididae): perspectives for the development of bone implants and templates for tissue engineering |journal=Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik |volume=37 |issue=6 |pages=552–57 |doi= 10.1002/mawe.200600036 |year=2006 |last1=Ehrlich|first1=H. |last2=Etnoyer|first2=P. |last3=Litvinov|first3=S. D. |last4=Olennikova|first4=M.M. |last5=Domaschke|first5=H. |last6=Hanke|first6=T. |last7=Born|first7=R. |last8=Meissner|first8=H. |last9=Worch|first9=H.|s2cid=97972721 }}</ref>
Coral Calx, known as Praval Bhasma in [[Sanskrit]], is widely used in traditional system of [[Ayurveda|Indian medicine]] as a supplement in the treatment of a variety of bone metabolic disorders associated with calcium deficiency.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Reddy PN, Lakshmana M, Udupa UV |title=Effect of Praval bhasma (Coral calx), a natural source of rich calcium on bone mineralization in rats |journal=Pharmacological Research |volume=48 |issue=6 |pages=593–99 |date=December 2003 |pmid=14527824 |doi=10.1016/S1043-6618(03)00224-X }}</ref> In classical times ingestion of pulverized coral, which consists mainly of the weak base [[calcium carbonate]], was recommended for calming stomach ulcers by [[Galen]] and [[Dioscorides]].<ref>Pedanius Dioscorides – Der Wiener Dioskurides, Codex medicus Graecus 1 der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek Graz: [[Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt]] 1998 fol. 391 verso (Band 2), Kommentar S. 47 und 52. {{ISBN|3-201-01725-6}}</ref>