Asclepin

(as-ile/-pit i). 1. A poisonous principle obtainable from asclepiad in by the separation of glucose from the latter. It is a heart paralyzant, with reputed alterative, purgative, and diaphoretic effects. It is offensive to the taste and smell. Unof. 2. The precipitate from a tincture of Asclepias tuberosa; alterative, evacuant, tonic, sedative. Dose grs. ij-iv. Unof.. In biology, the organ that in Ascomycetes and Lichenes produces ascospores.. A genus of the family of Schizomycetes. The ascococci are microorganisms made up of round or ovoid cells; with elements united in ma ive colonies, surrounded by tough, thick, gelatinous envelops. A. Billrothii, found in putrefied meat; its natural habitat is the air; zymogenic, probably not pathogenic. See Bacteria, Table of.