chaulmoogran.
/tʃɔːlˈmuːɡrə/, U.S. /tʃɔlˈmuɡrə/, /tʃɑlˈmuɡrə/ Any of several tropical Asian trees of the family Flacourtiaceæ, esp. Taraktogenos kurzii.
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1832 W. Roxburgh et al. Flora Indica (new ed.) III. 836 Chaulmoogra and Petarkura, are the names of this tree, and the drug, hereafter mentioned, which it furnishes.
1832 W. Roxburgh et al. Flora Indica (new ed.) III. 837 The seeds of this tree, called Chaulmoogree.
1904 F. B. Power & F. H. Gurnall in Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXXXV. 839 Chaulmoogra seeds.
Compounds
chaulmoogra oil n. a vegetable oil obtained from the seeds of the chaulmoogra, formerly much used in the treatment of leprosy and skin diseases.
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chaulmoogra oil1876
hydnocarpus oil1905
1876 Encycl. Brit. V. 675 Chálmugrá oil.
1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 744 Chaulmoogra oil. Gynocardia odorata.
1907 Practitioner Aug. 245 Chaulmoogra oil is generally considered to have the greatest beneficial effect on leprosy.
1933 Discovery Jan. 4/1 The ancient Indian remedy for leprosy is chaulmoogra oil, containing chaulmoogric and hydnocarpic acids.
Derivatives
chaulmoogric acid n. an acid found in chaulmoogra oil.
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oenanthic acid1837
gummic acid1838
retinic acid1838
roccellic acid1838
rubinic acid1838
lobelic acid1840
polychromatic acid1840
rhabarbaric acid1840
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humic1844
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isatic acid1845
opianic acid1845
parthenic acid1845
polychromic acid1847
styphnic acid1848
metapectic acid1849
tanningenic acid1852
jalapic acid1853
jalapinolic acid1855
sinapic acid1857
amalic acid1863
phycic acid1864
filicic acid1865
isamic acid1865
tannocaffeic acidc1865
tricarballylic acid1865
guaiaretic acid1866
pectous acid1866
phytomelin1866
porphyric acid1866
thujetic acid1868
turpetholic acid1868
viridic acid1868
rheotannic acid1869
arabinic acid1870
frangulic1872
sclerotic acid1876
theobromic acid1878
gynocardic acid1897
chaulmoogric acid1904
1904 F. B. Power & F. H. Gurnall in Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXXXV. 847 It has been decided to designate this new acid chaulmoogric acid.
1921 Glasgow Herald 6 June 7 The fatty acids of the chaulmoogric acid series.
1955 Sci. News Let. 13 Aug. 103/3 Chaulmoogric acid has been replaced in leprosy treatment by synthetic drugs of the sulfone family.
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