Louis Antoine Planche

Abstract

Louis Antoine Planche (1774-1840), a French pharmacist, devoted his life to the identification and properties of large number of vegetable active principles, among them, jalap, sarsaparilla, Colombo, guaiacum, myrrh, camphor, angostura, and scammonny

Keywords

• angostura
• camphor
• castor oil
• colombo
• ether
• guaiacum
• jalap
• mercurous chloride
• myrrh
• quassia
• sarsaparilla
• scammonny