Jalap - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: jalapJalap
The tubers of the Mexican plant Ipomoeliga purga or Exogonium purga of the family Convolvulaceae a climber much like the morning glory The abstract extract and powder prepared from the tubers are well known purgative cathartic medicines and are also called jalap Other species of Ipomoeliga yield several inferior kinds of jalap as the Ipomoeliga Orizabensis and Ipomoeliga tuberosa...
Jalapic
Of or pertaining to jalap...
Convolvulin
A glucoside occurring in jalap the root of a convolvulaceous plant and extracted as a colorless tasteless gummy mass of powerful purgative properties...
Ipomoeligic
Pertaining to or designating an acid obtained by the oxidation of convolvulin obtained from jalap the tubers of Ipomoeliga purga and identical in most of its properties with sebacic acid...
Jalapin
A glucoside found in the stems of the jalap plant and scammony It is a strong purgative...
Mechoacan
A species of jalap of very feeble properties said to be obtained from the root of a species of Convolvulus Convolvulus Mechoacan so called from Michoacan in Mexico whence it is obtained...
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