Am.  Jour.  Pharm.") 
Jan.,  1875.  j" 
Peppers  of  Commerce. 
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takes  up  so  much  time  that  the  process,  however  satisfactory,  cannot 
be  very  attractive  to  analysts,  who  have  to  examine  a  great  number  of 
samples  in  a  short  time. 
Jsh. 
Total  Ash. 
Soluble  Ash. 
Pepper  in  the  Dry 
State. 
Pepper  in  its  Or- 
dinary Condition. 
Per  cent.  • 
Per  cent. 
Per  cent. 
Penang, 
2*2I20 
4-189 
3-8480 
Tellicherry, 
3-3800 
5-770 
5-3460 
Sumatra, 
2'26o6 
4-316 
3'334o 
Malabar,    .           .           .  . 
3'453o 
5'i95 
4-6740 
Trang, 
2*5380 
4775 
4-2110 
A  white  pepper,  ground  by  myself, 
bought  at  a  retail  shop,  . 
|o-5584 
l'I2o 
0-7889 
Long  pepper. 
4-4720 
8-308 
7-1543 
.  The  first  five  peppers  give,  as  the  mean  of  the  soluble  ash,  2*84  per 
cent,  of  the  dried  substance,  the  two  extremes  being  respectively  3*453 
and  2*212.  The  mean  of  the  total  ash  of  the  five  peppers  is  4*845 
per  cent.,  the  two  extremes  being  4*189  and  5*770. 
Hygroscopic  Moisture. 
Per  cent. 
Penang,      ........  9-531 
Tellicherry,      .  .....  12-908 
Sumatra,     .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .10-103 
Malabar,  .......  10-548 
Trang,       ........  11-664 
Long  pepper,    .  .  .  .  .  .  10-778 
It  is  worthy  of  note  that,  as  the  peppers  were  finely  powdered  and 
kept  on  the  water-bath  for  many  hours,  besides  water,  the  volatile  oil 
would,  to  a  considerable  degree,  be  dissipated. 
The  total  loss  of  weight  may  be  stated  generally  at  1 1  per  cent. 
Alcoholic  Extract. 
Grms.  per  cent,  of 
Dry  Pepper. 
Penang,       .  .  .  .  .  ,  .  .7-650 
Tellicherry, 
Sumatra, 
Malabar, 
Trang, 
The  white  pepper  before  mentioned 
Long  pepper. 
The  extract  was  thoroughly  di 
7-836 
.  6-450 
6-375 
6-  300 
7-  650 
2-600 
ied  before  weighing  ;  it  may  be  said 
