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THE first section of an important work on those products of the vegetable kingdom which are of importance to the chemist, the physiologist, and the physician. These substances the MM. Husemann classify as follows:- A, Simple combinations; (1) Bases or alkaloids; (2) Acids, both those of general distribution and those of special development; (3) Neutral substances, with the same distinction. B, Compound substances; (1) Volatile oils;(2) Resins; (3) Fats. In each section the substances are arranged under the natural orders to which the plants belong; and we have an account of their discovery, mode of preparation, properties, composition, products of decomposition, behaviour with various reagents, and physiological and toxological effects. The present part does not exhaust the alkaloids.
Vegetable Essences.—Die Pflanzenstoffe in chemischer physiologischer, pharmakologischer, and toxicologischer Hinsicht.
Bearbeitet von Dr. Aug. Husemann und Dr. Theod. Husemann. Erste Lieferung; Bogen 1–16. (Berlin: Springer, 1870. London: Williams and Norgate.)
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B., A. Vegetable Essences—Die Pflanzenstoffe in chemischer physiologischer, pharmakologischer, and toxicologischer Hinsicht. Nature 1, 403 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/001403b0
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