35 eet 
plant. We assay all our Ipecac products very carefully — 
on account of this inconstancy in the isuamives of active : 
principles, ee 
JALAP. 
The dried tuberous root of Exogonium purga (Bex Ss 
tham) in used. 
Contains a hard resin, insoluble in siker (convolvalin) 
and a much smaller amount of a soft oie ime resin 
(jalapin). | 
Cathartic; hydragogue; diuretic; afifeliantie - 
Useful in the treatment of Spey —— and 
‘worms, 
STANDARDIZED PRODUCTS: an =k 
Fluid Extract Jalap (N. F. ); ‘paidard: 64 oil . 
soluble resin. Average dose, 15 mins. : 
Powdered Extract Jalap; standard, 32% alcohol : 
soluble resin. Dow 2 65 et 
Concentration Jalapin Gialap resin, U. ‘S. is - 
Also various combinations. : : 
NotE.—The Jalap of the market is “frequently adulter 
ated with or substituted by the cheaper Tampico jalap and : 
male jalap or Orizaba root, and a pr 
-Stown — has also been or : The: 
first tivo possess in os 
sroduct known as over- 
