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Acid Principles. 
Names. 
Oleic acid . . . . 
Margaric. 
Butyric. 
Delphinic . . . . 
Stearic. 
Capric ...... 
Caproic. 
Hircic. 
Cetic....... 
Ceric?. 
Cholesteric. . . . 
Ambreic. 
Castoric?. . . . . 
Uric. 
Hippuric. 
Purpuric. 
Lactic. 
Formic. 
Allantoic. 
Cholic. 
Discovered by 
Chevreul. 
Chevreul. 
Chevreul. 
Chevreul. 
Chevreul. 
Chevreul. 
Chevreul. 
Chevreul. 
Chevreul. 
Pfaff. 
f Pelletier and 
\ Caventou. 
Pell, and Cav. 
Brandes. 
Scheele. 
Liebig. 
Dr. Prout. 
Berzelius. 
MargrafF? 
f Buniva and 
\ Yauquelin 
J Tiedemann 
\ and Gmelin. 
Remarks. 
70 C+17 H + 5 O. 
34 C + 65 H+5 O. 
8 C+ll H + 3 O. 
10 C+14 H+3 O. 
70 C + 75 H + 5 O. 
18 C+29 H+3 O. 
12 C + 19 H+3 O. 
By saponifying spermaceti. 
By distilling a wax soap with sulphuric acid. 
By treating cholesterine with nitric acid. 
} 
By treating ambreine with nitric acid. 
By treating castorin with nitric acid. 
In the urine of graminivorous animals. 
\ In the urine of the foetus of the cow, 
J + 8H+4N+4 0. Liebig. 
= 5 C 
} 
In bile. 
Indifferent and Alkaline Principles. 
Names. 
Ambreine. 
Castorine. 
Ethal ?.. 
Gliadine 
Taurin .... 
Picromel .. 
Ery throgen. 
Ptyalin . .. 
Urea . 
Discovered by 
Elaine. 
Stearine ...... 
Butyrine. 
Phocenine .... 
Hi rein e. 
Cholesterine . ., 
Glycerine. 
Cetine .. 
Chevreul. 
Chevreul. 
Chevreul. 
Chevreul. 
Chevreul. 
Chevreul. 
Chevreul. 
Chevreul 
f Pelletier and 
\ Caventou. 
Bizio. 
Chevreul. 
f Tiedemann 
\ and Gmelin 
Tied, and Gm. 
Thenard. 
Bizio. 
Cruikshank. 
Remarks. 
3(C + H) + 20. Gusseron. 
so calls spermaceti. 
\ Resembles cholesterine, and is extracted 
J from ambergris. 
f Resembles cholesterine, and is extracted 
\ from musk. 
Obtained from spermaceti soap, 
j-have so named the resin of the bile. 
Called at first bile asparagin. 
From bile. 
In a diseased biliary fluid. 
J The name given by Hunefeld to salivary 
\ matter. 
2 C + 4 H + 2 N + 2 O. Dr. Prout. 
