Capsicine - Specimen details

Capsicine - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 77899

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Plant Name 999.99 FAMILY UNKNOWN Entry Book Number 21.1983
Artefact Name Capsicine Vernacular Name
Iso Country Not defined TDWG Region Not defined
Parts Held Capsicine Geography Description
Uses CapsicineUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Bottles, boxes etc Related Items
Donor Pharm Soc GB Donor No 563a
Donor Date 22/08/1983 Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
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Number Components Publication
Notes: Entry 563a in published catalogue of the Pharmaceutical Society Museum Collection (1878): ''Dark brown pungent oily liquid. Note.- This substance is the capsicine of commerce. It is a compex body, consisting chiefly of volatile oil and resin. Pure capsici, n occurs in crystalline scales. See Pharmacographia, p. 408.'' Classified as an ''Active Principle'' in the card catalogue of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum Collection.

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