DICTIONARY OP THE ACTIVE PIUNCIPI.ES OK IT.ANTS. 



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S It;. ANDIRA anthelmintica, Lcfjuminosw. The bark— ' Cabbage- 

 tree bark.' Used as anthelmintic. (For Andira retusa, see under 

 Ratanhia.) 



ANDIRIN B. Vellowish-brown. 



Soluble in water, alcohol, ether. 



§ 17. ANEMONE nemorosa, pratensis, Pulsatilla ; Ranunculus bul- 

 bosus, Hammula, scleratus, etc. Raiiuiiculacea: 



ANEMONIN B,, C,5H,.,06 or C,„H„0, (Beckurts) ; anhydride of a dibasic 

 acid. Crystallizes in cliuo-rhombic prisms ; M.P. Iu2°-156° ; volatile in 

 aqueous vapour ; without odour ; poisonous. 



Soluble in chloroform, in hot water and hot alcohol (with difficulty 



when cold), in fixed and volatile oils, scarcely in ether. 



Alkaline hydrates / ,. , .,, , ... 



. • •' !■ dissolve with decomposition. 



§ 11^. ANGELICA (Archangelica officinalis). Umbel! if ercc. The root. 



/4/VGf/.//V (Hydrocarotin? B. Brimmer. Not the Angelina of Ferreira 

 — see Ratanhia), CjgH^uO ; orys. pearly plates that float on water ; taste- 

 less ; odourless. 



Soluble in water, alcohol (difficultly cold), chloroform, ether, benzene, 

 turi>entine, fatty oils, and carbon bisulphide. 



Reactions : 



[ Alkaline hydrates, no action even boiling.] 

 Xi) pps. lead acetate, neutral or basic. 



Tannic acid. 



Mercuric chloride. 

 Concentrated sulphuric acid colours red without dissolving it. 



§ 10. ANGOSTURA (Angostura ; Galipoea officinale, or Cusparia 

 febrifugal, liulnreir. The bark. 



(«) ANGOSTURIN B. (Cusparin), C,8H.,,0|,„ Beckurts, Archh: Pharm., 

 1891. Crystallizes in small four-sided needles, M.P. 45°, neutral. 

 Soluble in alcohol, scarcely in water, not in ether. 

 Reactions : 



Alkaline hydrates, dissolve. 

 Tannic acid, pp. 

 Mercurous nitrate, purple. 

 (h) GALIPINE A., C.„H,^iNO.| (this, and succeeding substances, investi- 

 gated by Koerner and Bohringer, Beckurts and Nehring). Crys. silky 

 needles, wliilc, but salts golden yellow. M.P. 11.'')'6". 



Soluble in alcohol, ether, chloroform, petroleum ether. 

 (<•) GALIPIDINE A., C,,,H,,,NO:, ; crys. silky leaflets, u-hUe, but salts light 

 yellow ; M.P. 111. 



Soluble in petroleum ether. 



(«/) CUSPARINE A. (Kusparine), C.H^NO, ; crys. long, broad needles ; 

 M.P. S'.i. 



Less soluble than above. Salts difficultly soluble. 



(e) CUSPARIDINE A (Kusparidine), C,„H,,N03 ; crys. needles (rosettes 

 from dilute solutions) ; M.P. 78° ; salts white, and more readily soluble 

 than those of Cusjiarine. 



Soluble in [letroleum ether. 



(/■) A (ii.cco.siDF. present but not isolated. 



§ '10. ANTHEMIS nobilis (Chamomile), Onn/insi/n: The flowers. In- 

 vestigator : Pattoiie. 



ANTHEMINE A. Crys. regular, alkaline reaction, tasteless, odourless. 



Soluble in chloroform (which removes it from ai'vl solutions), in acetic 

 ether, with difficulty in cold water, and not in ether or alcohol. 



§■-'1. ANTHOCERCIS viscosa, Solanacece. Australia. Investigator: 

 von Muller. 



ANTHOCERCWE A. Yellow oily liquid, heavier than water, agreeable 

 odour, alkaline reaction. 



Soluble in alcohol and ether, with difficulty in water. 



Precipitants : 



Phospho-molybdic acid. 

 „ tungstic acid, 

 lodo-potassic iodide. 

 [No action potassic iodide alone.] 

 Bismuth-potassic iodide. 

 Mercuric-potassic iodide. 



Alkaline hydrates. 



„ carbonates. 

 Tannic acid. 

 Picric acid. 



[Ferric chloride, no action.] 

 Silver nitrate, slight pp. 

 [Potassium chromate, no action.] 

 Colour tests : 



Concentrated sulphuric acid, yellowish- brown. 

 „ nitric acid, pale yellow. 



„ hydrochloric acid, pale yellow. 



§ --. ANTIARIS toxicaria (Upas tree), Urticaceu'. Arrow poison. 

 («) ANTIARIN C, Cj4H.j„05 ; crys. glittering plates ; M.P. 220° (re- 

 crystallizing on cooling) ; neutral reaction. Boiling dilute acids convert 

 to Antiarotin {beluiv) and sugar. 



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