Radix ipecacuanha

Fig. 1 Absorption scans of the pure substances (ca. 500 ng of each) cephaeline and emetine (A) and an extract of Ipecacuanhae Radix (B) cephaeline (1), emetine (2).

Iodine compounds lb 76,77 Ipecacuanha la 47 Ipecacuahna extract la 263 lb 294 Ipecacuanhae radix la 263 Ipecacuanha, tincture lb 292,293 Iprodion lb 230 Iigasan lb 227... 

Iodine starch inclusion compounds 46 Iodine vapor reagent 46, 64, 78 2-Iodoestrone 66 Ipecacuanha alkaloids 46, 263 Ipecacuanhae radix extract 263 Iron cadons 144, 217, 311 Iron(IIl) chloride reagent 170,216,314 Iron(III) thiocyanate reagent 170 Isoascorbic acid 376 Isoleucine 246,247... 

Ipecacuanha. Ipecacuanha. Callicocca ipecacuanha. Brotero. IAn. Trans. VI. 137. Radix. The root. 

IPECACUANHA, Ipecacuanha radix The drug consists of the dried underground organs of Cephaelis ipecacuanha (Brotero)... 

UV-365 nm Blue, blue-green or violet fluorescence of alkaloids, e.g. Rauvolfiae radix, Chiilac cortex, Ipecacuanhae radix, Boldo foliiini. Yellow fluorescence, e.g. colchicine, sanguiiiarine, berberine... 

The ipecacuanha edkeiloid emetine (10) and crude extracts of the ipecacuanha radix (derived from Cephaelis ipecacuanha) are widely used in... 

Cepahelis species (Rubiaceae) are shrubs that grow wild in areas of Brazil, Colombia, and Malaysia. The roots of this plant (Ipecacuanhae Radix) are used as an emetic and to clear the throat of phlegm. There are three kinds of Ipecacuanhae Radix, and they are known as Rio-, Carthagena- and Johore-Ipecacuanhae Radix. 

Among them, Rio-Ipecacuanhae Radix is prepared from C. ipecacuanha, which grows wild in the Amazon area and is exported from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On the other hand, Carthagena-Ipecacuanhae Radix is prepared from the roots of C. acuminata, which grows wild in Colombia, South America, and is exported from Carthagena, Colombia. Furthermore,... 

Johore-Ipecacuanhae Radix is prepared from the roots of C. ipecacuanha, which was transplanted from Brazil to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and Johore in the Malay peninsula in the late nineteenth century. Nowadays, the cultivation of this plant in these areas has declined. 

Emetine (70% of the total alkaloids) and cephaeline were isolated as the main constituents of Ipecacuanhae Radix (C. ipecacuanha), whereas Ipeca-cuanhae Radix originating from C. acuminata contains almost the same amount of cephaeline as emetine. 

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