The Museum of Materia Medica of Paris.

The Museum of Materia Medica of Paris is very rich with a collection of about 22,000 specimens. During the last few years, the efforts have been much more devoted to teaching by means of annotated displays and exhibits.

[Polyphenols (acid-phenols, flavonoids, anthraquinones) from Digitalis grandiflora Mill. ( = D. ambigua Murr.)]. / Sur les polyphénols (acides-phénols, flavonoídes, anthraquinones) de Digitalis grandiflora Mill. ( = D, ambigua Murr.)

In Digitalis grandiflora, flavonoids are mainly constituted by flavone glycuronides which are found in all aerial organs, except the seeds; in the flowers are supplementary flavonoids, particularly, in the stamens, a kaempferol derivative.

[The alkaloids of several varieties of Atropa belladonna L: distribution and metabolism]. / Sur les alcaloïdes d'Atropa belladonna L. et ses variétés: répartition et métabolisme

Distribution and content of alkaloids have been studied in each organ of different Atropa Belladonna varieties. Same tropeins are present in every organ. Their increase, baucoup of hyoscyamin, is observed during plant growth; and in later stages some compounds such as apoatropin appear.