Amygdalin - Specimen details

Amygdalin - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 77915

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Plant Name 58.01 ROSACEAE Prunus dulcis Entry Book Number 21.1983
Artefact Name Amygdalin Vernacular Name
Iso Country Not defined TDWG Region Not defined
Parts Held Amygdalin Geography Description
Uses AmygdalinUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Bottles, boxes etc Related Items
Donor Pharm Soc GB Donor No 480a
Donor Date 22/08/1983 Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
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Notes: Entry 480a in published catalogue of the Pharmaceutical Society Museum Collection (1878): ''Crystalline powder. Note.- Obtained from bitter almonds by treatment with alcohol. It is resolvable into glucose, hydrocyanic acid and hydride of benzoyl.'' Botani, cal identification inferred from vernacular name (bitter almond). Classified as an ''Active Principle'' in the card catalogue of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum Collection.

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