Nomenclature
Hydnocarpus oil; gynocardia oil. Description and references
Fixed oil expressed from chaulmoogra, the seeds
of Taraktogenos kurzii King, Bixaceae; Hydnocarpus
wightiana Blume or H. anthelmintica Pierre, Flacourtiaceae. The seeds contain about 50% chaulmoogra oil.
Constit. Glycerides of chaulmoogric and hydnocarpic acids
with small amounts of glycerides of palmitic acid, etc.
Properties
Yellow or brownish-yellow oil. Below 25° it is
a soft solid; characteristic odor. About d2525 0.95; d1545 0.940.
[α]D20 +48 to +60°. Sol in benzene, chloroform, ether, petr
ether, slightly in cold alcohol; almost entirely sol in hot alcohol,
carbon disulfide.Therapeutic Category
Antibacterial (leprostatic).