Extractum Cocae Fluidum (U. S. P.)—Fluid Extract of Coca.
Related entry: Coca (U. S. P.)—Coca
SYNONYMS: Extractum erythroxyli fluidum (U. S. P., 1880), Fluid extract of erythroxylon.
Preparation.—"Coca, in No. 40 powder, one thousand grammes (1000 Gm.) [2 lbs. av., 3 ozs., 120 grs.]; diluted alcohol, a sufficient quantity, to make one thousand cubic centimeters (1000 Cc.) [33 fl℥, 391♏︎]. Moisten the powder with four hundred and fifty cubic centimeters (450 Cc.) [15 fl℥, 104♏︎] of diluted alcohol, and pack it firmly in a cylindrical percolator; then add enough diluted alcohol to saturate the powder and leave a stratum above it. When the liquid begins to drop from the percolator, close the lower orifice, and, having closely covered the percolator, macerate for 48 hours. Then allow the percolation to proceed, gradually adding diluted alcohol, until the coca is exhausted. Reserve the first eight hundred cubic centimeters (800 Cc.) [27 fl℥, 25♏︎] of the percolate, and evaporate the remainder to a soft extract; dissolve this in the reserved portion, and add enough diluted alcohol to make the fluid extract measure one thousand cubic centimeters (1000 Cc.) [33 fl℥, 391♏︎]"—(U. S. P.).
Description, Medical Uses, and Dosage.—(See Coca). Fluid extract of coca is of a deep greenish-brown or olive-brown color. It has the bitterness and astringency oft tie leaves, as well as the feebly aromatic, tea-like flavor. Its odor is slight. Dose, 10 to 60 minims.
