Scientific and applied pharmacognosy intended for the use of students in pharmacy, as a hand book for pharmacists, and as a reference book for food and drug analysts and pharmacologists . occurring to the extent of about per cent; starchfrom 20 to 25 per cent; and ash, containing manganese, 4 per cent. Cardamomum.—Cardamom.—The fruit of Elettaria Carda-momum (Syn. E. repens) (Fam. Zingiberacea?), a perennial herbindigenous to Indo-China and cultivated near the Malabar Coast andin Ceylon. The commercial article is obtained from wild plantsgrowing in the southern part of the western coast of
Scientific and applied pharmacognosy intended for the use of students in pharmacy, as a hand book for pharmacists, and as a reference book for food and drug analysts and pharmacologists . occurring to the extent of about per cent; starchfrom 20 to 25 per cent; and ash, containing manganese, 4 per cent. Cardamomum.—Cardamom.—The fruit of Elettaria Carda-momum (Syn. E. repens) (Fam. Zingiberacea?), a perennial herbindigenous to Indo-China and cultivated near the Malabar Coast andin Ceylon. The commercial article is obtained from wild plantsgrowing in the southern part of the western coast of fruit is gathered in autumn—either the entire spike, when someof the fruits have matured, or the full-grown fruits are cut from therachis in succession as they ripen; they are bleached by exposure tothe sun, sometimes sulphurous acid or steam being also used, afterwhich they are dried and freed from extraneous matter. Seedswhich have been discharged from the capsules are inferior to those 126 SCIENTIFIC AND APPLIED PHARMACOGNOSY which have been retained. A greater portion goes to Bombay, fromwhere it is estimated that 100,000 kilograms are exported yearly to. Fig. 53.—Galangal. A, section of a collateral fibrovascular bundle showingleptome (L); tracheae (T); sclerenchymatous fibers (Sc); oil-secretion cells(Z); parenchyma (P). B, longitudinal section of portion of fibrovascularbundle showing portions of reticulate tracheae (T); sclerenchymatous fibers(Sc); porous parenchyma (P); starch grains (S). C, cortical tissue of rhi-zome seen in surface view showing epidermal layer (E) with a stoma (S);cortical parenchyma (P); secretion cells (Z). D, starch grain seen in twoviews; a, when viewed from above, and 6, as seen in section through thebroad end. E, transverse section of outer layers showing epidermis (e)and underlying parenchyma (a). F, surface view of epidermal cells.—C,after Moeller, the remainder after Meyer. London. The commercial varieties are know
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