Hucosiaes 4 ‘that: ‘in. “contact - wait emulsine yield « 
acid. Three are monoglucosides; the other be 
ee acid. They are: — 
prulaurasine, ioe in- 1905 be gees a iooiese 
ee amyesaline discovered in 1909 y Walker, a Hipeenes 
investigators classify the tree as melon to. BS the Cerasus bane and as 
species do not contain the glucoside. fee 
-Prunasine, prulaurasine and sambunigrine, when treated with concentrated ‘hydro- ie 
chloric acid and heated, yield ammonia, glucose and /-, i- or d-phenylglycolic aci e 
respectively. Amygdaline, thus treated, yields l-phenylglycolic acid and is therefo iy 
a glucoprunasine, isoamygdaline yields 7-phenylglycolic acid and iS therefore a ‘gluco 03 
prulaurasine, and d-amygdaline yields d-phenylglycolic acid and is therefore a gluco 
sambunigrine. On treating amygdaline, isoamygdaline and d-amygdaline with the ferment. 
from dessiccated yeast, prunasine, prulaurasine and. sambunigrine are formed, ene E 
Ml these glucosides have Ste Biseuseae in previous Reports), Reh ea 
Oil of Amorpha fruticosa. V. Passi obtained at the time an ‘oil tratn the 
fruits of the legumen Amorpha fruticosa, L., but only described its properties, — 
~ Y. Shinosaki and K. Hoshino*) now report on the constituents. They obtained abou 
1.1 per cent. of oil, the smell of which resembled pepper oil: diso 0,9125;. ay +0; 4 
" Npwo 1.5032; acid v. 0; sap. v. after acetylation 40.51; soluble in 10 vols. of alcoho 
90 per cent. On fractionation, 0.5 per cent. boiled between 95 and 110°, 7.8 per cer 
between 110 and 115°, 47.9 per cent. between 115 and 120°, 22.6 per cent.. bet 
~ * 120 and 125°, 3.7 per cent. between 125 and 138°, at a pressure of 4mm. The : 
: and fourth fractions consisted in the main of cadinene and other sesquiterp 
) whereas the last fraction contained a considerable quantity of a sesquiterpene a af 
_ melting at about 118°. In addition, the oil contained small quantities of an alc 
“ or a ketone, as the experimentors infer from the presence of a crystalline a 
compound. ‘ sen Pec. 
‘Kea It seems that the plant is called “Manchuria”, in | Japan. re 4 eee ase 
oe The abstract does not give a clue as to how the several component WwW 
fe characterized. ae bs ! 
me oe Angelica Oil. We have repeatedly reported on - the cults etiohe. of 
(Archangelica officinalis, Hoffm., eiletcoakaals B; Pater u describes . a. ee 
*) Comp. e. g. Reports. October 1905, 110; “April 1906, 105; “April 1907, 128; 
1908, 12; October 1909, 17; April/October 1918, 5. — %) Gildemeister and sictaae 
-vol. II, p. 611. — #) J. Chem. Ind., Tokyo 21 (1918), 774; Journ. Soc. chem. Industry 88 (19 
Sar es| a 6 Comp. for instance ee October 1918, 78. bn. i Revers on the tr 
