Hydnocarpus kurzii explained

Hydnocarpus kurzii is a species of plant in the family Achariaceae. It is found in India and Myanmar.

Working for Wellcome Chemical Research Laboratories, the pharmacist Frederick B. Power studied the seeds of various species of chaulmoogra from 1904. Power and colleagues identified chaulmoogric acid, which has the formula, from seeds of what was then called the Taraktogenos kurzii tree.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Parascandola . John . 2003 . Chaulmoogra Oil and the Treatment of Leprosy . American Institute of the History of Pharmacy conference . New Orleans, LA . National Library of Medicine .