 | Reynold Webb Wilcox - 1905 - 650 pages
...Western Bra2il. CHARACTERS. — Usually in cylindrical sticks, about 3 to 5 cm. in diameter, hard, dark reddish-brown ; fracture uneven, often fissured in the centre, pale reddish-brown, showing fragments of seeds invested with blackish-brown integuments ; odor slight ; taste, astringent, somewhat... | |
 | Reynold Webb Wilcox - Materia medica - 1907 - 518 pages
...Western Brazil. CHARACTERS. — Usually in cylindrical sticks, about 3 to 5 cm. in diameter, hard and heavy, dark reddish-brown ; fracture uneven, often...somewhat smoky, and pleasantly bitter, then sweetish. COMPOSITION. — The chief constituents are — (1) Guaranine, identical with Caffeine (see p. 230),... | |
 | Pharmacopoeias - 1907 - 844 pages
...of its alkaloidal principles. Usually in cylindrical sticks, about 3 to 5 Cm. in diameter, hard and heavy, dark reddish-brown ; fracture uneven, often...their blackish-brown integuments ; odor slight ; taste astrmgent, somewhat smoky and pleasantly bitter, then sweetish. Assay of Guarana Guarana, in No. 60... | |
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CHARACTERS. — Usually in cylindrical sticks, about 3 to 5 cm. in diameter, hard and heavy, dark reddish-brown ; fracture uneven, often fissured in the centre, pale reddish-brown, showing numerous coarse fragments of seeds and their blackish-brown integuments;... 