boldon.
/ˈbɒldəʊ/ An evergreen tree of Chile, Peumus boldus; also, a medicinal preparation of the leaves of this tree, formerly used as a tonic.
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1717 tr. A. F. Frézier Voy. South-Sea 78 The woods are full of Aromatick Trees, as..Boldu, the Leaf whereof smells like Frankincense.
1872 Pharmaceut. Jrnl. & Trans. 26 Oct. 323/2 The boldo is a tree indigenous to Chili..and belongs to the order Monimiaceæ.
1908 Practitioner Aug. 339 Slight cholagogues, such as..boldo.
1924 S. J. Record & C. D. Mell Timbers Trop. Amer. ii. 172 Peumus Boldus Mol…is an aromatic evergreen tree 40 to 60 feet high, growing on the dry sunny hills in Chile, where it is known as the ‘boldo’ or ‘boldu’.
1934 Brit. Pharmaceut. Codex 255 Boldo is now used principally in the form of tincture, as a diuretic and supposed liver stimulant.
1934 Tropical Woods XXXIX. 20 The leaves of Peumus yield a product known under such names as ‘Folia Boldo’ and ‘Boldo Leaf Oil’, from which a stomachic is derived; this was formerly an article of commerce, but by 1900 had apparently become obsolete.
1951 G. H. M. Lawrence Taxon. Vascular Plants 512 Chilean boldo wood..sometimes reaches our markets [in the U.S.A.] as a rarity for cabinet work.
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ˈboldin n. [-in suffix1] a glucoside having hypnotic properties found in the boldo.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [noun] > hypnotic > plant-derived
boldine1872
diacetylmorphine1875
boldin1907
diamorphine1914
boldoglucin1928
1907 Brit. Pharmaceut. Codex 167 The leaves also contain a bitter alkaloid, boldine..and a glucoside, boldin or boldoglucin.
ˈboldine n. (also †boldeine, †boldina) [ < French boldine (Bourgoin & Verne 1872, in Jrnl. de Pharm. et de Chim. XVI. 191): see -ine suffix5] a bitter, light-sensitive alkaloid, C19H21O4N, found in the boldo and formerly used as a hypnotic.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [noun] > hypnotic > plant-derived
boldine1872
diacetylmorphine1875
boldin1907
diamorphine1914
boldoglucin1928
1872 Pharmaceut. Jrnl. & Trans. 26 Oct. 323/2 The leaves..contain an essential oil and an organic alkali, to which the authors propose to give the name of boldine.
1939 T. A. Henry Plant Alkaloids (ed. 3) 324 Boldine, like bulbocapnine, antagonises but does not invert the action of adrenaline in raising blood pressure.
boldoˈglucin n. = boldin n.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [noun] > hypnotic > plant-derived
boldine1872
diacetylmorphine1875
boldin1907
diamorphine1914
boldoglucin1928
1928 S. Solis-Cohen & T. S. Githens Pharmacotherapeutics 1189 Boldo..contains..a glucoside (boldin or boldoglucin), an alkaloid (boldeine or boldine), gum and tannin.
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