Am.  Jour.  Pliat  ni. 
Aug.,  1881. 
K/iciam  Religiosum,  Constituents 
409 
lute  alcohol,  chloroform,  benzol,  glacial  acetic  acid,  carbon  bisulphide 
and  fixed  oils.  In  petroleum  spirit  (b.  p.  up  to  58°C.)  it  is  somewhat 
diflficultly  soluble,  and  it  requires  of  78*5  per  cent,  alcohol  about  3J 
volumes  for  complete  solution.  Various  reagents  behaved  towards 
this  and  allied  oils  as  follows : 
01.  Anisi  vulararis. 
Oleum  Fconiouli. 
01.  Anisi  stellati.    :  Ol.  Illicii  reli-'iosi. 
Constituents  
Melting  point  
Specific  gravity  
Molecular  rotation... 
Alcoholic  hydrochlo- 
ric acid. 
€hloral  reagent  
Ammoniacal  silver 
solution. 
Hager's  reaction  (oil 
6  drops,  II.^SOi  30 
drops ;  when  cold, 
strong  alcohol  lU 
cc). 
10  drops  of  oil,  with 
60  drops  of  ether 
and  about  0'150 
gram  of  sodium. 
Cliiefly  solid  and  li-  Small  quantity  of  ter-' Chiefly  solid  and  li 
quid  anethol. 
-6°  to  18^C. 
pene  boiling  at 
190°C.,  and  liquid 
and  solid  anethol. 
quid  anethol. 
—2°  to  4180C   About  OOC. 
About  0-903  
()°to  +0-5"  
Colorless,  afterwards 
reddish,  then  pale 
red. 
Colorless,  aftei'wards 
yellow  and  brown- 
ish. 
In  24  hours  no  re- 
duction. 
In  alcohol,  a  portion 
of  the  sulphuric 
acid  and  oil  mix- 
ture remains  un- 
dissolved as  a  tliick 
mass  adhering  to 
the  sides  of  the 
tube. 
Colorless ;  after  4 
hours  the  mixture 
nearly  colorless ; 
deposit  yellowish- 
white. 
0  94  to  0  998  
+1.3°  to  -I  19-6°. 
Colorless  
0-978  
0°  to  —0-40. 
Colorless  
Colorless,  then  beau- 
tiful red. 
Like  ol.  anisi  vul- 
garis. 
Mixture  of  oil,  sul- 
phuric acid  and  al- 
cohol is  perfectly 
clear. 
Colorless,  then  beau- 
tifj^red. 
Like  ol.  anisi  vul- 
garis. 
Like  ol.  anisi  vul- 
garis. 
Colorless;  after  4 
hours  liquid  and 
deposit  yellow. 
Rather  much  of  a 
terpene  boiling  at 
1730  to  17(3°C. ;  li- 
quid anethol  boil- 
ing at  232°  to  233° 
C. 
N  o  t  s  0  1  i  d  when 
cooled  to  — 20°C. 
1006. 
— -0°. 
Colorless, afterwards 
blue. 
Col()rlcss,afterwards 
dirty  brown-yel- 
low. 
Eeduction  in  a  few 
hours. 
Mixture  is  nearly 
clear  ;  separation 
of  a  little  reddish- 
white  deposit. 
Colorless ;  quickly 
Iduisli ;  a  f  t  e  r  4 
hours  liquid  pale 
yellow,  deposit 
yellow. 
Experiments  on  rabbits  proved  that  the  oil  acts  deleteriously  in 
somewhat  smaller  doses  than  oil  of  anise,  probably  on  account  of  the 
larger  proportion  of  terpene  present  in  it. 
The  fixed  oil  was  prepared  from  the  kernels  (seeds  ?) ;  the  yield  was 
52*02  per  cent. ;  proportion  of  kernels  (seeds?)  to  the  testa  (capsules?) 
58*6  :  41*4;  fixed  oil  from  '^shikiini "  seed  at  least  30*5  2)er  cent. 
The  fixed  oil  was  a  clear,  thick  liquid,  without  any  special  smell, 
and  had  a  pale  yellow  color,  which  upon  warming  the  oil  almost 
entirely  disappeared.  It  had  a  specific  gravity  of  0'919  at  16"5°C. 
It  dissolved  in  all  proportions  in  petroleum  spirit,  chloroform,  ether, 
benzol  and  carbon  bisulphide ;  very  slightly  in  cold  absolute  alcohol 
and  glacial  acetic  acid,  in  about  15  parts  of  boiling  absolute  alcohol 
and  2*5  parts  of  boiling  glacial  acetic  acid. 
By  experiments  on  dogs  it  was  demonstrated  that  the  "  shikimi 
poison  is  not  an  essential  constituent  of  the  oil,  and  consists  neither  of 
