Colocynth

An Illustrated Dictionary of Medicine, Biology and Allied Sciences · 1907 · p. 10
(kol'-o-sinth). See Colocynth us. Colocynthein (kol-o-sin' -the-in), A resinous decomposition-product of colocynth in. Coloc Colocynth in (kol-o-sin' '-thin), The active principle of colocynth; an tract, or a yellow amorphous, neutral, exceedingly itter powder, soluble in water and alcohol, but not in ether. It is an irritant hydragogue cathartic. Dose gr. 1 '4 to 1. Unof. Coiocynthis (kol-o-sin' -this).
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