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| Evergreen tree, up to 13m high, native to West Indies, Colombia, Venezuela; leaves opposite, short petioled, leathery, two- or tripinnate, leaflets obovate, obtuse; flowers showy, blueish purple to pale blue; fruit a compressed capsule heart-shaped, | Evergreen tree, up to 13m high, native to West Indies, Colombia, Venezuela; leaves opposite, short petioled, leathery, two- or tripinnate, leaflets obovate, obtuse; flowers showy, blueish purple to pale blue; fruit a compressed capsule heart-shaped, | ||
| - | "The greenish brown resin yields a drug known as ‘Guaicum’. The hardest and heaviest of woods called “lignum vitae” is a remedy against morbus gallicus. The wood is extensively used for making blocks and pulleys, rulers and many other similar articles." | + | "The greenish brown resin yields a drug known as ‘Guaicum’. The hardest and heaviest of woods called “lignum vitae” is a remedy against morbus gallicus. The wood is extensively used for making blocks and pulleys, rulers and many other similar articles." |
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| - | Guaiac refers to the resin of G.officinale and G.sanctum, constituting 18-25% of the wood of these trees. The alcoholic extract of the resin gives a royal blue color in air and may be used as sensitive test for oxidising agents like peroxidases. \\ | + | " |
| + | [Wallis, Thomas E. (1955). Textbook of Pharmacognosy] \\ | ||
| + | Used in folk medicine of the Caribbean to treat syphilis, skin diseases and rheumatism. \\ | ||
| + | [Botanical remedies of South and Central America, and the Caribbean: an archival analysis. Part I., Hirschhorn, H.H., Journal of Ethnopharmacology, | ||
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| + | Guaiac refers to the resin of G.officinale and [[guaiacum_sanctum_l|G.sanctum]], constituting 18-25% of the wood of these trees. The alcoholic extract of the resin gives a royal blue color in air and may be used as sensitive test for oxidising agents like peroxidases. \\ | ||
| [761. The chemistry of extractives from hardwoods. Part XXXVI. The lignans of Guastiacum officinale L., King, F.E., Wilson, J.G., J. Chem. Soc., 1964, 4011-4024] | [761. The chemistry of extractives from hardwoods. Part XXXVI. The lignans of Guastiacum officinale L., King, F.E., Wilson, J.G., J. Chem. Soc., 1964, 4011-4024] | ||
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