levorphanol tartrate

[ lĕ-vôr′fə-nôl′ ]

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An addictive drug used primarily as an analgesic with action similar to morphine.

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Just what acid citro-tartrate of lithium may be is hard to tell, for chemistries do not recognize such a substance.
The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2|Various
An adherent coating may be obtained by adding an alkaline tartrate, but in that case the separation takes place too slowly.
Scientific American Supplement No. 299|Various
It dissolves entirely when boiled with an excess of the acid tartrate of potash.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
If gypsum has been used to clarify the wine, it will be present in the cream of tartar as calcium tartrate.
Detection of the Common Food Adulterants|Edwin M. Bruce

The nickel sulphate and ammonia are dissolved in half the water, the ammonium tartrate in the other half with the tannin.
On Laboratory Arts|Richard Threlfall