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The constituents of chaulmoogra seeds.

POWER, Frederick Belding (1853 – 1927) worldcat.org.identities

J., chem. Soc., 85, 838-51. 1904.

Hydnocarpus wightiana or Chaulmoogra is a tree in the Achariaceae family. The oil from seeds of Hydnocarpus wightiana or Chaulmoogra, a tree in the Achariaceae family, was widely used in Indian medicine and Chinese traditional medicine for the treatment of leprosy and other skin diseases. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

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DERMATOLOGY INDIA, Practice of Medicine in INFECTIOUS DISEASE › Leprosy PHARMACOLOGY › PHARMACEUTICALS › Botanic Sources of Single Component Drugs › Chaulmoogra PHARMACOLOGY › PHARMACEUTICALS › Anti-Leprosy Drugs

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