pelletierin

(pel-et-i’e-rin) (from Pelletier, a French chemist and manufacturer]. A liquid alkaloid, CsH,,NO,, from the root-bark of pomegranate. It is employed as a teniacide. Dose, 10-20 gr. (0.666-1.5 gm.); of sulphate, 3-6 gr. (0.2-0.4 gm.). p. hydro bromid, a brownish liquid: used in paralysis of the eye muscles. Dose, 4-8 min. (0.25-0.5 c.c.). Ῥ. hydro chlorid, a teniafuge, Dose, 5-8 er. (0.3-0.5 gm.). p. sulphate, a syrupy liquid, a mixture of the sulphates of pelletierin and isopelletierin: a taniacide. Dose, 4-6 gr. (0.20-0.4 gm.). Ῥ. tannate, a tastele , hygroscopic powder, soluble in 700 parts of water and in 80 parts of alcohol: used as a teniacide. Dose, 8-24 gr. (0.5-1.5 gm.), followed by a purgative.