cathartine
English
Noun
cathartine (uncountable)
- A hypothetical substance formerly imagined to cause the bitterness and purgativeness of the dried leaves or pods of senna plants.
- 1822, “The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, Volume 7”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- The sulphate of potash insoluble in this fluid, being separated by the filter; the excess of sulphuric acid was precipitated by acetate of lead; then, by decomposing this latter salt, by sulphuretted hydrogen, and again filtering and evaporating to dryness, the Cathartine, or purgative principle of senna, was obtained.
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