Autoxidation of Terpenes in Petroleum Solvent

A pharmaceutical study of the purity and preservation of American oils of turpentine**From the School of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.††The funds used to defray the cost of this study were generously provided by the Committee on Pharmaceutical Research of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION.

“…According to previous reports the most promising of these agents are: hydroquinone (11,12,13), pyrogallol (12,14), lower aliphatic alcohols (15), sodium sulfite (I@, calcium oxide (16) and metallic magnesium and tin (9). According to previous reports the most promising of these agents are: hydroquinone (11,12,13), pyrogallol (12,14), lower aliphatic alcohols (15), sodium sulfite (I@, calcium oxide (16) and metallic magnesium and tin (9).…”