RHUS COTINUS
\ɹˈuːz kˈə͡ʊtɪnəs], \ɹˈuːz kˈəʊtɪnəs], \ɹ_ˈuː_z k_ˈəʊ_t_ɪ_n_ə_s]\
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Purple-fringed sumach; indigenous to southern Europe and to Arkansas. The yellow wood, hungarian fustic, contains fusetin. The bark has a feeble aromatic odor and an astringent taste. The leaves are used in a wash or gargle for ulcerated mouth or throat. R. glabra. Smooth (or scarlet, or Pennsylvania, or upland) sumach; a shrub indigenous to the United States and Canada. Excrescences on the lower surface of the leaves contain much tannic and gallic acids. The berries, the R. glabra of the U. S. Ph., are astringent and refrigerant.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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Quinones
- Hydrocarbon rings which contain two moieties position. They can be substituted in any position except at the ketone groups.