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Definition of Tolu balsam

1. Noun. Aromatic yellowish brown balsam from the tolu balsam tree used especially in cough syrups.

Medical Definition of Tolu balsam

1. A yellowish brown soft mass obtained from Toluifera balsamum (family Leguminosae), containing cinnamic and benzoic acids and esters; used as a stimulant expectorant. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Tolu balsam

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1917)
"Tolu balsam. The following description of Tolu balsam is given in the British Pharmacopoeia, 1914. ... Tolu balsam is readily soluble in 95 9o alcohol. ..."

2. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1853)
"ADULTERATION OP Tolu balsam. iiv c. i,, i iK\. PURE tolu balsam heated in sulphuric acid dissolves without any disengagement of sulphurous acid, ..."

3. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1859)
"According to Fremy, the resins of Peru-balsam, of Tolu-balsam, ... Tolu balsam freed from volatile oil and from dynamic acid is exhausted with cold alcohol; ..."

4. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen (1889)
"Under this description are included Peruvian balsam, Tolu balsam, and liquid storax. ... Tolu balsam. Liquid Storax. Geographical origin. ..."

5. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1863)
"Tolu balsam.—This balsam is obtained in large quantity from incisions in tie stem of U\e ... Tolu balsam is a mixture of volatile oil, free acid, and resin. ..."

6. Outlines of Proximate Organic Analysis: For the Identification, Separation by Albert Benjamin Prescott (1877)
"Resins of TOLU Balsam. The Balsam consists of 80 to 90 per cent, of resin, ... The Resins of Tolu balsam are soluble in cold concentrated sulphuric acid, ..."

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