Biomaterial Database

[Comparative study on determination of total alkaloid content in root and tincture of ipecac]. 1952

C G VAN ARKEL, and M MEIJST

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007486	Ipecac	A syrup made from the dried rhizomes of two different species, CEPHAELIS ipecacuanha and C. acuminata. They contain EMETINE, cephaeline, psychotrine and other ISOQUINOLINES. Ipecac syrup is used widely as an emetic acting both locally on the gastric mucosa and centrally on the chemoreceptor trigger zone.	Syrup of Ipecac,Ipecac (Syrup),Ipecac Syrup
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000470	Alkaloids	Organic nitrogenous bases. Many alkaloids of medical importance occur in the animal and vegetable kingdoms, and some have been synthesized. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)	Alkaloid,Plant Alkaloid,Plant Alkaloids,Alkaloid, Plant,Alkaloids, Plant
D018517	Plant Roots	The usually underground portions of a plant that serve as support, store food, and through which water and mineral nutrients enter the plant. (From American Heritage Dictionary, 1982; Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990)	Plant Bulbs,Plant Root,Bulb, Plant,Bulbs, Plant,Plant Bulb,Root, Plant,Roots, Plant
D019999	Pharmaceutical Solutions	Homogeneous liquid preparations that contain one or more chemical substances dissolved, i.e., molecularly dispersed, in a suitable solvent or mixture of mutually miscible solvents. For reasons of their ingredients, method of preparation, or use, they do not fall into another group of products.	Pharmaceutic Solutions,Solutions, Pharmaceutical,Solutions, Pharmaceutic
D028503	Cephaelis	A plant genus of the family RUBIACEAE, order Rubiales, subclass Asteridae. Cephaelis ipecacuanha is the source of IPECAC.	Cephaelis ipecacuanha,Psychotria ipecacuanha,Uragoga,Cephaeli,Cephaelis ipecacuanhas,Psychotria ipecacuanhas,Uragogas,ipecacuanha, Psychotria,ipecacuanhas, Cephaelis