Assertion: coca plant's alkaloid | /r/HasProperty | obtained by moistening leaves
Facets:
value: with sodium hydroxide solution
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: This alkaloid, composed of methyl alcohol, benzoic acid, and ecgonine, into which it separates by heating with strong sulphuric acid, is obtained by moistening leaves with sodium hydroxide solution, treating with benzin (kerosene), from which the alkaloids and cocaine are precipitated (hygrine, etc., remaining in solution); cocaine may now be separated by filtering and expressing, and purified by crystallizing from alcohol.