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belong to the first mentioned species 4 which has also been 
known as Capsicum baccatum Yell. 
The fruit is plucked when ripe, exposed to the sun until dried, 
and then usually packed in suitable shape for market. It should 
be preserved in the whole condition in a cool place, 5 and prefer¬ 
ably in a closed container as it is prone to become rancid owing 
to the large amount of fatty oil which it contains. 
U. S. P. Texts and Comments Thereon . 
The oleoresin has been official in the United States Phar¬ 
macopoeia for the past half century having been recognized for 
the first time in the edition of 1860. 
1860 
Oleoresina Capsici 
Oleoresin of Capsicum 
Take of Capsicum, 1 in fine powder, 2 distillation on a water-bath, eighteen 
twelve troy-ounces; fluid-ounces of ether, 8 and expose the 
Ether 3 a sufficient quantity. residue, in a capsule, until the re- 
Put the capsicum into a cylindrical maining ether has evaporated. f 
percolator, 4 press it firmly, and grad u Lastly, remove, by straining, the fatty 
ually pour ether upon it until twenty matter which separates on standing,* 
four fluid ounces of filtered liquid and keep the Oleoresin in a well-stop- 
have passed.® Recover from this, by pered bottle. 1 ® 
1870 
Oleoresina Capsici 
Oleoresin of Capsicum 
Take of Capsicum, 1 in fine powder, 2 ounces of liquid have slowly passed.* 
twelve troyounees; Recover the greater part of the ether 
Ether 3 a sufficient quantity. by distillation on a water-bath, 8 and 
Put the capsicum into a cylindrical expose the residue in a capsule, until 
percolator, provided with a etop-coek, the remaining ether has evaporated/ 
and arranged with cover and recep- Lastly, remove, by straining, the fatty 
tacle suitable for volatile liquids, 4 matter which separates on standing,® 
press it firmly, and gradually pour and keep the Oleoresin in a well-stop- 
ether upon it, until twenty-four fluid pered bottle. 1 ®. 
4 Tolman and Mitchell, Bull. 183, Bur. of Chem. (1913), p. 9. 
6 Brown, Bull. 150, Kentucky Agric. Exp. Sta. (1910), p. 131. 
