Apiol

(ap’-e-ol) \_apium, parsley; oleum, oil], C12Hu04. A principle occurring in parsley seeds; it crystallizes in long white needles, with a slight parsley odor; melts at 300 C. (86° F.), and boils at 294° C. (5720 F.). It is used in dysmenorrhea and in malaria. In large doses it produces ringing in the ears and frontal headache. It is also called Parsley-ca??iphor. Dose gr. x— xv (0.65—1.0). Unof. 72