A plant genus of the family SMILACACEAE. Members contain smiglasides (phenylpropanoid glycosides) and steroidal saponins. Commercially it is sometimes adulterated with HEMIDESMUS, which would affect experimental results. Drinks called sarsaparilla and root beer have been prepared from the Smilaz ornata (Jamaican sarsaparilla) and SASSAFRAS.
    

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Ayer's Sarsaparilla purifies the blood, stimulates the vital functions, restores and preserves health ... / prepared by Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass, U.S.A.

Determined by the judges : the appellant therefore contended that his van was exempted from the duty as assessed.

Assessed taxes:-cases : No. 2355.-County of Somerset, District of Bristol City.

The Counter Adjunct. No. 318. June, 1918 : compound extract Sarsaparilla Blood Mixture (P.J.F.).

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John Hancock's Paper on "Sarsaparilla" Examined

Vesalius: the China root epistle : a new translation and critical edition  / Andreas Vesalius ; edited and translated by Daniel H. Garrison, Northwestern University ; with added illustrations from the 1543 and 1555 De humani corporis fabrica.

Holmes, Edward Morell (1843-1930), botanist and lecturer in materia medica

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Determined by the judges : the appellant therefore contended that his van was exempted from the duty as assessed.

John Hancock's Paper on "Sarsaparilla" Examined

Vesalius: the China root epistle : a new translation and critical edition / Andreas Vesalius ; edited and translated by Daniel H. Garrison, Northwestern University ; with added illustrations from the 1543 and 1555 De humani corporis fabrica.

Holmes, Edward Morell (1843-1930), botanist and lecturer in materia medica