A Note on the Volatile Oil from the Roots of Pteryxia terebintbina (Hook.) Coult. and Rose Var. Terebinthina**School of Pharmacy, Montana State University, Missoula, and the College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

✍ Scribed by Call, Tracey G. ;Fischer, Earl B.

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 1957
• Weight: 103 KB
• Volume: 46
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0095-9553
• DOI: 10.1002/jps.3030461117

✦ Synopsis

A failed to reveal any previous chemical studies of Pteryxia terebinthina (Hook.) Coult. and Rose var. terebinthina, a xerophyte growing in north central and eastern Oregon, south and east central Washington, and perhaps in adjacent Idaho.

I n connection with other studies carried out on this species, the volatile oil was isolated and a condensation of these findings is presented here.

The roots were collected in Sherman County, Ore., and the identification of herbarium specimens was made by Dr. Lincoln Constance of the University of California a t Berkeley, Calif. The roots were broken into small pieces and air dried. Several lots collected a t various seasons and with various moisture contents were milled to a #20-mesh fineness and *