2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to gambogic acid or its derivatives ¹
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Definition of Gambogic
1. of gamboge [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gambogic
Literary usage of Gambogic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1852)
"_____ On gambogic Acid and the ... About one-twentieth of water was previously
added to the etherial solution of the pigment, or gambogic acid. ..."
2. Therapeutics: Its Principles and Practice by Horatio C. Wood (1888)
"It contains, according to Christison, as much as seventy-two per cent, of gambogic
acid, a resinous acid of a cherry-red color, forming red salts with ..."
3. Materia Medica and Therapeutics: An Introduction to the Rational Treatment by John Mitchell Bruce (1884)
"Gamboge contains about 73 per cent. of a resinous substance, gambogic acid, ...
gambogic acid is insoluble in water, gives the brilliant yellow colour to ..."
4. King's American Dispensatory by John King (1909)
"The resin has the nature of an acid (gambogic acid), and is the active ...
gambogic acid impart? a perceptible yellow hue to 10000 times its weight of ..."
5. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1852)
"_____ On gambogic Acid and the ... About one-twentieth of water was previously
added to the etherial solution of the pigment, or gambogic acid. ..."
6. Therapeutics: Its Principles and Practice by Horatio C. Wood (1888)
"It contains, according to Christison, as much as seventy-two per cent, of gambogic
acid, a resinous acid of a cherry-red color, forming red salts with ..."
7. Materia Medica and Therapeutics: An Introduction to the Rational Treatment by John Mitchell Bruce (1884)
"Gamboge contains about 73 per cent. of a resinous substance, gambogic acid, ...
gambogic acid is insoluble in water, gives the brilliant yellow colour to ..."
8. King's American Dispensatory by John King (1909)
"The resin has the nature of an acid (gambogic acid), and is the active ...
gambogic acid impart? a perceptible yellow hue to 10000 times its weight of ..."
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