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The sliced or rasped heart-wood of Pterocarpus santalinus. Ceylon.
Santalum Rubrum, U.S.P. Red Saunders. - The wood of Pterocarpus santalinus.
Characters. - The wood is in billets, chips, or powder. It resembles logwood in appearance, but is denser, and the cut surface is more glistening and of a deeper red colour.
Composition. - It contains a fine ruby colouring matter named santalin, which may be dissolved out by spirit, ether, acetic acid, etc.; it is insoluble in water.
B.P. | Dose. |
Tinctura Lavandulae Composita................. | 1/2-2 fl. dr. |
U.S.P. Not given.
Use. - It is used to give colour to the compound tincture of lavender, and through this to Liquor arsenicalis.
 
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