ASP I DO SPERMINE

n. A‘s-pi?d-o-spu'rm/en, Lat., asp i do sperm in a, aspidosperminum. Fr., asp i do spermine. Ger., i do sperm in. A weak, crystalline, levo gyrous alkaloid, CaaHz0N303, melting at 205° C., found in the bark of wae eats bra - soluble with difficulty in water, but reeally soluble in oils, in ab: lute alcohol, and in ether, Its physiological action closely resembles that of quebracho bark. (He e, ‘ Ann. d. Chem.,” cexi: “Pharm. Jour. and Trans.," Mar. 25, 1882, p. 781; “ Am. Jour. of Pharm.,” July, 1882, p. 366; A, 247, 286; B, 5.J—A. citrate. Ger., citron ens aures Asp i do sperm in. A salt of a. and citric acid; obtained either as an amorphous or as a crystalline compound, readily soluble in water. [A,; Guttmann, “Arch. f. exp. Path. u. Pharm.,” xiv, p. 451 (B).]—A. hydro chlorate, A. hydrochlor- Ide, | Lat., depidosperming hydrochtoras (seu hydrachtoridum), aspidosperminum hydrochloricum. Fr., chlorhydrate d’asp i do spermine, Ger., chlorwa erstoffsaures Asp i do sperm in, Chtorwasaerate Oosrergha A salt of a. and hydrochloric acid, very soluble in water. [B,5.]—A. sulphate. Ger., schwefelsaures A3- ee A salt of a. and sulphuric acid, very soluble in water.