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Used in pedriatic cough preparations.
Test for identity:
On warming with KMnO4 Benzaldehyde odor is formed due to free cinnamic acid.
Sublimation test: crystals are formed as rods and plates.
Storax
Obtained from wounded trunk of Liquidambar orientalis f. Hamamelidaceae.
Shape: Greyish opaque semi-liquid.
Constituents:
Free cinnamic acid, Cinnamyl cinnamate, Storesinol partially combined with
cinnamate
Uses:
Wounds and ulcers.
Treatment of hemorrhoid.
Prepared Storax: purified by dissolving levant in 3-4 times of its vol. alcohol, filter
evaporate alcohol at low temp.
Saccharine derivatives Honey
Saccharine liquid processed by the hive-bee (Apis mellifera L.) from the nectar of
plants or from secretions of living parts of plants which the bees collect, transform
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