Convallarin
| Names | |
|---|---|
| Other names
Convallarinum | |
| Identifiers | |
8001-64-7  | |
| Properties | |
| C34H62O11[1] | |
| Molar mass | 646.496 g/mol |
| Appearance | White |
| Structure | |
| rectangular prisms or crystalline powder | |
| Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). | |
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| Infobox references | |
Convallarin is a crystalline glucoside extracted from the Lily of the Valley plant (Convallaria majalis)[2]
It may be obtained from the alcoholic extract of the residue from which the convallamarin has been removed with water. The alcoholic solution is treated with lead acetate, the filtrate freed from lead by hydrogen sulfide, and crystallised by concentration. An aqueous solution froths like soap and water when shaken. By long boiling with diluted acids it is split up into glucose and convallaretin.
Action and uses
Convallarin causes nausea and diarrhea.
References
- ↑ henriettesherbal.com
- ↑ "Materia Medica, General Therapeutics, and Pharmacy". The American Journal of the Medical Sciences 57 (114): 527–528. April 1869.
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