The alkaloids of Picralima klaineana, Pierre. Pt. 2 / by T.A. Henry.

  • Henry, Thomas Anderson, 1873-1958.
Date:
[1932]
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Credit: The alkaloids of Picralima klaineana, Pierre. Pt. 2 / by T.A. Henry. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Reprinted from the Journal of the Chemical Society, 1932. 415. The Alkaloids of Picralima Klaineana, Pierre. Part II. By Thomas A. Henry. Though the seeds of Picralima klaineana, Pierre, known as “ aku- amraa ” in the Gold Coast Colony, have a wide-spread reputation among natives in tropical Africa as a remedy for malaria, the tree yielding them is nowhere abundant and supplies of seed are difficult to obtain. It was hoped that if native belief in the therapeutic value of the seeds were confirmed, cultivation of the tree might be undertaken, but the results of trials of the total alkaloids and of the