guaiacum
guaiocum
guaiac resin

The old guaiacum test was very clumsy and uncertain.

It is the only caterpillar to feed on Guaiacum sanctum.

Guaiacum, a genus of shrubs and trees native to the Americas.

Guaiacum sanctum is the national tree of the Bahamas.

"Guaiacum has a local stimulant action which is sometimes useful in sore throat.

Guayacán is the Spanish word for species in the genus Guaiacum.

Guaiacum resin has been used to treat a variety of medicinal conditions from coughs to arthritis.

They are close relatives of the "true" lignum vitae trees of genus Guaiacum.

Guaiacum officinale is the national flower of Jamaica.

Guaiacol, a natural organic compound derived from guaiacum.

It this case the Lignum vitae is from the Guaiacum officinale tree.

A phenolic compound derived from the resin of Guaiacum trees is used in a common test for blood in human stool samples.

Gum guaicum is a substance produced from the tree species Guaiacum officinale.

G. officinale is one of two species yielding the true lignum vitae, the other being Guaiacum sanctum.

As a food additive Guaiacum has the E number of E314 and is classified as an antioxidant.

This tree is one of two species which yield the valuable Lignum vitae wood, the other being Guaiacum officinale.

Guaiacum angustifolium (as P. angustifolia )

Guaiacum angustifolium is a species of flowering plant in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae.

Guaiacum unijugum (Northwestern Mexico)

In spite of that, he sometimes included non-firsthand information about products from the Americas, like the antisyphilitic guaiacum, in a very confusing form.

Thereafter, his general state of health promptly plunged and quickly deteriorated, apparently from his ingestion on medical advice of the addictive drug guaiacum.

Although it is biosynthesized by a variety of organisms, this yellowish aromatic oil is usually derived from guaiacum or wood creosote.

For a brief time in the sixteenth century, mercury was supplanted by an extract of the bark of a West Indian tree, Guaiacum.

In his hands, the physician Rangone holds sarsaparilla and guaiacum, two plants which he used to treat syphilis and yellow fever.

He fought syphilis rheumatism in a "modern" way, using the "guaiacum barrels" or "vapour stovens" that he had invented.

Guaiac wood and guaiac resin can also cause skin rashes.

In the laboratory, guaiac resin is used in tests for finding hidden blood in urine and stool.

More evidence is needed to rate the effectiveness of guaiac wood or guaiac resin for these uses.

Swelling (inflammation): Don't use guaiac wood or guaiac resin if you have any condition that involves swelling.

Be careful not to confuse guaiac wood or guaiac resin with guaiac wood oil.

Guaiac wood and guaiac resin seem to be safe for most adults in the amounts found in foods and in small medicinal doses.

Pregnancy and breast-feeding: Not enough is known about the use of guaiac wood and guaiac resin during pregnancy and breast-feeding.

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