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Felter's Materia Medica on Oleum Theobromatis

OLEUM THEOBROMATIS
   Cacao Butter, Oil of Theobroma, Butter of Cacao. A concrete fixed oil expressed from the roasted seeds of Theobroma Cacao, Linné (Nat. Ord. Sterculiaceae), South America. Description.—A yellowish-white, solid oil having a bland taste suggestive of chocolate, and a slight but agreeable odor. Slightly soluble in alcohol, readily in boiling dehydrated alcohol, and freely in ether or chloroform. It is composed chiefly of the glycerides, stearin and olein, with small quantities of laurin, palmitin,...1


References

1) Felter, Harvey Wickes, 1922, The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Cincinnati, Ohio.