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Antimony potassium tartrate
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<p>Antimony potassium tartrate, also known as potassium antimonyl tartrate, potassium antimontarterate, or tartar emetic, has the formula K2Sb2(C4H2O6)2. The compound has long been known as a powerful <a href="/facts/Emetic/R2vQkHqV">emetic</a>, and was used in the treatment of <a href="/facts/Schistosomiasis/qXtvvvUo">schistosomiasis</a> and <a href="/facts/Leishmaniasis/L5v8Thy1">leishmaniasis</a>. It is used as a <a href="/facts/Chiral_resolution/tu0AIqGg">resolving agent</a>. It typically is obtained as a <a href="/facts/Water_of_crystallization/sbaKJNJX">hydrate</a>. </p>