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Remarks. In its purest state it crystallizes in square plates, dissolves in alcohol, and forms salts with the alkalis. It is probably a mixture of the pinic and sylvic acids. Abietin A. Syn. Abietin, abietine. A crystallizable resin found in Strasburg turpentine. (caillot.) Berzelius says it is the resin gamma of the same turpentine. (j our. De Pharm. Xvi.