Du Mez—The Galenical Oleoresins. 
1109 
C.CHj.CH :CH 2 
C.CHj.CH :CHj 
( 6 ) 
Myristicin 
HC 
H,COC 
C.CH,.CH: CH a 
COCH, 
COCH, 
III 
Nsi 
t-allyl.- 2. 3. 4,5. 
teiramethoxybenzene 
(7) 
Apiol is a crystalline solid possessing in a strong degree the 
odor of parsley. Its melting point is 30 °C and the boiling 
point 294°C. 8 Eykman 9 gives the specific gravity at 14°C as 
1.176, and the refractive index [n] D as 1.538. It is soluble in 
alcohol, ether, chloroform and oils. It also dissolves in con¬ 
centrated sulphuric acid, the solution formed being blood-red 
in color. 
Myristicin is a liquid possessing but little odor. It does not 
solidify even when cooled to a comparatively low temperature. 
Semmler 10 gives the specific gravity as 1.141 at 25°C. Its 
solubility is similar to that of apiol. 
In addition to the foregoing, Thoms * 11 reports the presence 
of the following in both, the German and French oils: 1-pinene, 
phenols and palmitic acid. 
Semmler 12 reports the volatile oil content of parsley fruil 
to be 2 to 6 per cent. 
Fatty Oil. 13 The fatty oil of parsley fruit is a greenish yellow 
mobile liquid. It is soluble in a mixture of alcohol and ether, 
in ether, chloroform and carbon disulphide. A sample from 
Schimmel & Co., examined by von Gerichten and Koehler, 14 
5 Eykman, Ber. der. deutsch. chem. Ges. (1890), 23, p. 862; Thoms, Ihid. 
1903, 36, p. 174. 
6 Thoms. Chem. Ztg. (1903). 27, p. 938. 
7 Thoms. Ber. der. deutsch. chem. Ges. (1908), 41, p. 2761. 
8 Ciamician and Silber, Ibid. (1888), 21. p. 1632. 
»l. c. 
10 Semmler, Die aetherische Oele (1907), 4, p. 168. 
11 Arbeiten aus d. Pharm. Inst., TJniv. Berlin (1909), 6, p. 190. 
12 Semmler. Die aetherische Oele (1907), 4, p. 173. 
13 Grimme obtained 16.7 per cent, of a red-brown oil having the following 
properties: specific gravity at 15° C, 0.9243; refractive index at 35° C, 1.4778; 
saponification value, 176.5; iodine value, 109.6; acid value, 3.4; unsaponifi- 
able matter, 2.18 per cent. He was unable to obtain a test for the presence 
of phytosterin in the unsaponifiable residue. Pharm, Centralh. (1911), 52, 
p. 663. 
14 Ber. der. deutsch. chem. Ges. (1909), 42, p. 1638. 
