Epitome of the Pharmacopeia of the United States and the National Formulary / With Comments

by Albion Walter Hewlett; William August Puckner; Torald Hermann Sollmann; Martin I. Wilbert

*Cinchona (Cinch.), Cinchona, U.S.P. (Yellow Cinchona, Calisaya Bark, Yellow Peruvian Bark).—Yields not less than 5 per cent. of alkaloids.

Action and Uses: Astringent bitter tonic.

Dosage: 1 Gm. or 15 grains (U.S.P.).

Elixir Cinchonae Alkaloidorum and Elixir Cinchonae Alkaloidorum et Hypophosphitum.—See under Quininae Sulphas.

Elixir Cinchonae Alkaloidorum et Ferri.—See under Ferri Phosphas.

Elixir Cinchonae Alkaloidorum, Ferri, Bismuthi et Strychninae and Elixir Cinchonae Alkaloidorum, Ferri et Strychninae.—See under Strychninae Sulphas.

Elixir Cinchonae Alkaloidorum, Ferri et Bismuthi.—See under Bismuthi et Sodii Tartras.

Elixir Cinchonae Alkaloidorum, Ferri et Calcii Lactophosphatis.—See under Calcii Lactophosphas.

Elixir Cinchonae Alkaloidorum, Ferri et Pepsini.—See under Pepsinum.

Extractum Cinchonae (Ext. Cinchon.), Extract of Cinchona, N.F.—A hydroalcoholic extract diluted with glucose, yielding about 24 per cent. of cinchona alkaloids.