Extractum Quillajae Fluidum (N. F.)—Fluid Extract of Quillaja.

Botanical name: 

Related entry: Quillaja (U. S. P.)—Quillaja

Preparation.—Formulary number, 172: "From the bark of Quillaja Saponaria, Molina (Soap bark). Process A (see F. 135). No. 40 powder. Menstruum: Diluted alcohol"—(.Nat. Form.)

Medical Uses and Dosage.—(See Quillaja). This preparation is used mainly to produce froth in beverages. A few drops will make soda syrups foam liberally. Dose, 1 to 20 minims.


King's American Dispensatory, 1898, was written by Harvey Wickes Felter, M.D., and John Uri Lloyd, Phr. M., Ph. D.