Poisons, Their Effects and Detection

Note 561 — PART VI.—ALKALOIDS AND POISONOUS VEGETABLE PRINCIPLES SEPARATED FOR THE MOST PART BY ALCOHOLIC SOLVENTS. (continued 5)

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According to Kiliani, digitonin has the composition of C27H44O13, and it breaks up, when heated with hydrochloric acid, as follows:—

C₂₇H₄₄O₁₃ + 2H₂O = C₁₆H₂₄O₃ + 2C₆H₁₂O₆.

Digitonin. Digitogenin. Dextrose.

—Ber., xxiii. 1555-1568.