Asclepin

(ashie’ -pin) [dove/l^Tndc]. I. A poisonous principle obtainable from asclepiad in by the separation of glucose from the latter. 2. The precipitate from a tincture of Asclepias tuberosa; alterative, evacuant, tonic, sedative. Dose grs. ij-iv (0.13-0.27). Unof. 93