8148. Resin Ipomea

Nomenclature

CAS number: 9000-34-4
Resin of Mexican scammony.

Description and references

Made by extracting the dried roots of Ipomoea orizabensis Ledenois, Convolvulaceae with alcohol and pptg with water.

Properties

Brown, translucent, brittle fragments or pale brown powder. Insol in water; sol in alc, chloroform, partially in ether.

Therapeutic Category

Cathartic.