1038 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. 
it is thought that the standard employed by the H. K. Mulford 
Company is rather low. In view of these observations, it would 
appear that a standard of 1 in 200,000 would be more desirable. 
Adulterations 
A trace of copper was found in most of the commercial 
samples examined. See under ‘‘Ash content.’’ 
OLEORESIN OF CUBEB 
Synonyms 
Aetherisches Cubebenextrakt, Bern. P. 1852. 
Aether-szeszes Icubeba Tcivonat, Hung. P. 1888. 
Cubeben Extract, Nethl. P. 1902. 
Estratto di Cubebe, Swiss P. 1907. 
Estratto di Pepe Cubebe, Swiss P. 1865. 
Estratto di Pepe Cubebe Etereo, Ital. P. 1902. 
Ethereal Extract of Cubeb, Am. Journ. Pharm. (1846), 18, p. 167. 
Extract van Staartpeper, Nethl. P. 1871. 
Extractu de Cubebe, Bourn. P. 1874. 
Extractum Cubebae Fluidum, U. S. P. 1850. 
Extractum Cubebarum, Aust. P. 1906. 
Extractum Cubebarum aethereum, Swiss P. 1865. 
Extractum Cubebarum aethereo-spirituosum, Hung. P. 1888. 
Extractum Cubebarum oleoso-resinosum, Strump, Allg. P. 1861. 
Extractum Kubebae oleo-resinosum, Pruss. P. 1829. 
Extrait de Cubebe, Fr. P. 1884. 
Extrait ethere de Cubebe, Bern. P. 1852. 
Extrait oleo-sesineux Cubebe, Fr. P. 1884. 
Fluid Extract of Cubebs, U. S. P. 1850. 
Kubebe Extract, Dan. P. 1869. 
KubebenextraPt, G. P. 1872. 
KubeberextraTct, Dan. 1893. 
Kubeba Kivonat, Hung. P. 1875. 
Oelig-Harziges KubebenextraPt, Strump, Allg. P. 1861. 
Oleo-Besin of Cubebs, B. P. 1885. 
Oleo-Besina Cubebae, B. P. 1885. 
Oleoresina Cubebae, U. S. P. 1910. 
Oleoresine de Cubebe, U. S. Disp. 1907. 
Oleoresinous Extract of Cubeb, Pareira, Mat. Med. 1854. 
History 
The oleoresin of cubeb, prepared by extracting the drug with 
ether and then removing the latter by distillation, was first 
