Application of Dialysis in the Detection of Alkaloids
In order to apply the dialytic method to the separation of alkaloids, the suspected substances are heated with hydrochloric acid, and the solution introduced into the dialyzer. The hydrochlorates of the alkaloids, being crystalline bodies, transverse the membrane, and are contained, for the greater part, after twenty-four hours, in the outer solution. The fluid is then concentrated, and the alkaloids either directly precipitated, or purified by one of the preceding methods.