The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 PETROSELINUM HORTENSE Hoffm. {P. sativum HoflFm.) Parsley. Umbelliferae. The seed and root collected. Grown in gardens; not known to have become estab- lished as an escape. Yields an oily resin (oleoresin of parsley seed) and apiol, the aromatic derivative from the resin. The seed is used as a car- minative, stimulant, and diuretic; apiol is used as an emmenagogue, ecbolic, and anti- pyretic. PHORADENDRON FLAVESCENS (Pursh) Nutt. Mistletoe. Lorantha- ceae.— Succulent, evergreen, parasitic shrubs growing on the branches of trees
The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 PETROSELINUM HORTENSE Hoffm. {P. sativum HoflFm.) Parsley. Umbelliferae. The seed and root collected. Grown in gardens; not known to have become estab- lished as an escape. Yields an oily resin (oleoresin of parsley seed) and apiol, the aromatic derivative from the resin. The seed is used as a car- minative, stimulant, and diuretic; apiol is used as an emmenagogue, ecbolic, and anti- pyretic. PHORADENDRON FLAVESCENS (Pursh) Nutt. Mistletoe. Lorantha- ceae.— Succulent, evergreen, parasitic shrubs growing on the branches of trees; stems rarely 3 feet long, with many op- posite branches; leaves obovate, thick, l/j to 2 inches long, opposite, nearly sessile; flowers small and inconspicuous; fruit a small, globose, white berry. The leaves and young stems collected. Infrequent to common on several species of trees, especially American elm, in the Wabash River valley. Contains the medicinal principle tyramine. LTsed as an emmenagogue and as a hemo- static.
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