Study Set Content:
FAM
Graminae
Sweet Clover
Melilotus albus and M. officinales
FAM
Leguminosae
Bedstraw
Galium triflorum
FAM
Rubiaceae
Red Clover
Trifolimpratense
FAM
Leguminosae
for dermatologic purpose
Cantharidin and methoxsalen
from Artemisia cina (Fam. Compositae)
Santonin
obtained from Melilotus officinales (Fam Leguminosae)
Bishydroxycoumarin or Dicumarol
used as an
anticoagulant
usual dose:
200 to 300mg initially then 25 to 200mg once a day as indicated by prothrombin-time determination
Cantharides Spanish flies, Russian flies, or blistering flies
Cantharides
Cantharides consists of the dried insects of
Lytta vesicatoria (Fam. Meloidae)
they are killed by plunging them into dilute vinegar, by exposure to the fumes of hot vinegar, ammonia or sulfur dioxide or by means of chloroform, ether or similar drugs
Cantharides
Constituents
cantharidin
the lactone or anhydride of cantharidic acid
cantharidin
Uses:
o Irritant
• rubefacient
• aphrodisiac
• removal of certain warts
a furocoumarin
Psoralens
a constituent of the cremocarps of Ammi majus (Fam. Umbelliferae)
Xanthotoxin, Methoxsalen, 8-methoxy psoralen
