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Definition of Aloin
1. n. A bitter purgative principle in aloes.
Definition of Aloin
1. Noun. (pharmaceutical drug) A glycoside derivative of anthracene, found in aloe, that is used as a laxative. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aloin
1. a laxative [n -S] - See also: laxative
Medical Definition of Aloin
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Aloin
Literary usage of Aloin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"0.015 gram of blood was added to 1 gram of feces; guaiac, turpentine method gave
a greenish tinge, positive; aloin test was questionably negative. ..."
2. A Manual of materia medica and pharmacology: Comprising All Organic and by David Marvel Reynolds Culbreth (1906)
"Soc-aloin -+- nitric acid gives no color-change, otherwise same as barb-aloin.
Nat-aloin, little purgative to man, least soluble in nitric acid, ..."
3. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1875)
"IN a previous paper I gave an account of some researches into the action of
changed aloin. aloin is the most important constituent of aloes, inasmuch as it ..."
4. A Treatise on Pharmacy for Students and Pharmacists by Charles Caspari, Evander Francis Kelly (1920)
"The aloin may then be purified by means of filter presses and recrystallization
from hot water or very dilute alcohol. The addition of a little acid has ..."
5. A Manual of clinical diagnosis by means of microscopic and chemical methods by Charles Edmund Simon (1907)
"aloin Test.—If the stools are not in a semiliquid condition they must be made so
... The aloin solution which is now used is prepared by dissolving as much ..."
6. Therapeutics: Its Principles and Practice by Horatio Charles Wood (1894)
"aloin crystallizes from its watery solution in sulphur-yellow granules, ...
The aloin of the markets is usually an amorphous bright powder, and probably of ..."
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