Du Mez—The Galenical Oleoresins. 
1189 
reported as having been obtained from the analytical laboratory 
of H. K. 
Mulford Company. 
Lowest Highest 
Yield. Yield. 
Average. 
Per cent. Per cent. 
Per cent. 
Capsicum (6 samples) 
13.85 20.84 
16.65 
African ginger (2 samples) 
7.99 8.90 
8.44 
Jamaica ginger (1 sample) 
3.93 3.93 
3.93 
Beringer, G. M. 
1916 
The reasons for some of the changes in the formulas of galeni¬ 
cals made in the ninth revision of the United States Pharma¬ 
copoeia. 
Journ. A. Ph. A., vol. 5, No. 12, p. 1390. 
It is stated that acetone was the menstruum directed to be used in the 
preparation of the oleoresins by U. S. P., eighth revision, on account of 
cheapness. It is further stated that, since permission has been obtained 
to use denatured alcohol in the manufacture of ether, the cost of the latter 
has been reduced to such an extent that it has again become advantageous 
to use it in place of acetone. Hence, its use in the new Pharmacopoeia. 
