This section is from the book "Essentials Of Materia Medica And Therapeutics", by Alfred Baring Garrod. Also available from Amazon: The Essentials Of Materia Medica And Therapeutics.
Cinchotannic acid and red cinchonic produce the same astringent effects upon the system as tannic and gallic acids. The action of hinic and kinovic acids is unknown.
 
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