Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  ) 
Feb.  1, 1874.  J 
Gleanings  from  the  European  Journals. 
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The  leaves  of  the  cherry  and  peach  likewise  contain  a  mixture  of 
the  two  sugars  ;  from  one  kilogram  of  the  latter  33  grams  of  cane 
sugar  and  12  grams  of  glucose  were  obtained. — Journ.  de  Pharm.  et 
de  Ohim.,  1874,  Jan.,  41. 
Qaryophyllic  acid,  C20H32O6  (0  =  16). — This  new  acid  is  obtained 
by  gradually  adding  caryophyllin  to  fuming  nitric  acid,  kept  cool  by 
immersing  the  vessel  in  water  until  crystals  begin  to  separate.  After 
cooling,  the  crystals  are  drained,  and  then  purified  by  dissolving  them 
in  ammonia  and  precipitating  by  hydrochloric  acid,  and  subsequently 
by  repeated  solution  in  alcohol  and  precipitation  by  water.  It  crys- 
tallizes in  white  needles,  is  readily  soluble  in  alcohol,  ether  and  acetic 
acid,  but  nearly  insoluble  in  water.  Its  solutions  in  alkalies  are  of  a 
yellow  color  and  foam  like  soap  water.  It  is  at  first  tasteless,  after- 
wards bitter.  The  amorphous  sodium  salt  has  the  composition  C20H30 
Pharm.,  1873,  Nov.,  392—397. 
Na206. — Arehiv  d 
Analysis  of  Extract  of  Meat. — Professor  Reichardt  has  recently 
again  analyzed  the  extract  of  meat  prepared  by  Buschenthal  &  Co., 
of  Montevideo,  on  which  he  reported  in  1870.*  For  comparison  we 
give  his  results  in  the  following  table,  No.  1  being  his  analysis  of 
1870,  No.  2  of  1873,  and  No.  3  his  analysis  of  the  Fray-Bentos  ex- 
tract : 
I. 
Soluble  in  80  p.  c.  alcohol,       .    80  76— 81-24  p.c. 
Amount  of  water  (loss  at  110°C).  16  —17 
Fat  and  albumen, 
Soluble  in  ether, 
Nitrogen, 
Ashes, 
The  ashes  contained 
in  1870 
in  1873 
None. 
0-20 
9-56—  9-99  " 
21*36 
Phosphoric  acid. 
6-1 
5-  92 
6-  09 
II. 
80*15  p.c. 
15-92  " 
None. 
019  " 
9-47  " 
21-3—21-37  p. 
Potassa. 
9-0 
8-87 
8-89 
III. 
81-5  p.  c. 
16 
None. 
? 
9-51  'k 
c.  — 
Soda. 
2-3 
2-46 
2-10 
This  extract,  therefore,  retains  its  character  for  purity. — Ibid., 
399—402. 
Adulteration  of  Lycopodium. — M.  Paul  Cazeneuve  states  (Reper- 
toire de  Pharmacie,  N.  S.,  i,  630)  that  he  has  been  supplied  with  a 
*  See  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy,  1870,  p.  320. 
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