American pennyroyal oil - Specimen details

American pennyroyal oil - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 76730

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Plant Name 126.01 LABIATAE Hedeoma pulegioides Entry Book Number 21.1983
Artefact Name American pennyroyal oil Vernacular Name
Iso Country Not defined TDWG Region Not defined
Parts Held American pennyroyal oil Geography Description
Uses American pennyroyal oilUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Essential Oil Cabinet Related Items
Donor Pharm Soc GB Donor No 410a
Donor Date 22/08/1983 Donor Notes Procter, W. (?)
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: This specimen is item number 410a in the 1878 published catalogue of the Pharmaceutical Society Museum collection. The entry for this specimen notes: 'This oil is used in the United States instead of oil of pennyroyal. It is official in the U.S. Pharmacop, oeia. Its sp. gr. is .945-.948, that of oil of pennyroyal being .925-.931. For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 200.'

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