284  Progress  in  Pharmacy.  { Am'ju°rS'i906arm' 
suggested  as  an  efficient  antiseptic  and  antiferment.  Dose,  0*3  to 
0  6  gramme.    (Phar.  Centh.,  1906,  page  240.) 
Jasmiflorin. — A  crystallizable  glucoside  prepared  by  Vintelesco 
from  the  green  twigs  of  Jasminum  indiflorum.  It  is  levogyrate  and 
decomposed  by  emulsin  and  also  by  boiling  with  dilute  mineral 
acid.    (Jour.  Phar.  et  de  Chem.y  1906,  page  305.) 
Kolatine. — An  alkaloid  from  fresh  kola  nut,  is  said  to  be  quite 
distinct  from  the  kolamine  of  Knebel.  Kolatine  occurs  as  prismatic 
needles,  melts  at  1500  G,  is  fairly  soluble  in  water,  more  readily 
soluble  in  alcohol,  acetone  and  ether,  but  almost  insoluble  in  chloro- 
form. The  pharmacologic  investigation  of  kolatine  is  now  being 
carried  out.    (Phar.  Jour.,  1906,  page  261,  from  Bull.  Com.) 
Salene  is  an  oily  liquid  consisting  of  a  mixture  of  methyl  and 
ethyl  glycol  salicylates.  It  is  employed  as  an  external  applica- 
tion diluted  with  alcohol  or  with  castor  oil,  in  painful  rheumatic 
affections. 
Salene  is  only  sparingly  soluble  in  olive  oil  but  is  more  readily 
soluble  in  castor  oil  or  in  alcohol,  and  is  directed  to  be  diluted  with 
equal  parts  of  castor  oil  or  of  alcohol  for  external  use. 
Taxicatin. — Lefebre  has  isolated  a  crystallizable  glucoside  from  the 
fresh  leaves  of  Taxus  baccata  which  he  calls  Taxicatin.  Taxicatin 
melts  at  165 0  C,  is  levogyrate,  and  is  decomposed  by  emulsin. 
Fuming  nitric  acid  produces  with  this  glucoside  a  blue  color,  differ- 
ing from  Picrin  and  Congerin  which  do  not  show  this  reaction. 
(Jour,  de  Phar.  et  de  Chem.,  1906,  page  304.) 
Thiobromose  or  Thiobromin lithium  is  theobromin  in  which  one 
atom  of  hydrogen  has  been  replaced  by  one  atom  of  lithium. 
It  occurs  as  fine  silky  needle-shaped  crystals  that  are  freely 
soluble  in  water ;  the  solution,  however,  is  unstable  and,  on  long 
standing,  the  solution  is  gradually  decomposed  into  lithium  carbonate 
and  theobromin.    (Phar.  Centh.,  1906,  page  304.) 
Vesipyrin. — Acetyl-salicylic-acid-phenyl  ether  or  acetyl-salol  is 
a  crystalline  substance  that  is  insoluble  in  water  but  readily  soluble 
in  alcohol.  It  is  said  to  be  produced  by  the  direct  combination  of 
molecular  quantities  of  its  constituents. 
Said  to  be  useful  in  cases  of  articular  rheumatism,  influenza,  in- 
flammation of  the  kidneys  and  cystitis,  etc. 
Vesipyrin  may  be  given  in  doses  of  I  gramme  three  or  four  times 
a  day.    (Phar.  Centh.,  1906,  page  130.) 
