Apenta

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Pre-1940 bottle. Credit: Wellcome Collection A green glass bottle with a metal foil cap containing Apenta Wellcome L0058837.jpg
Pre-1940 bottle. Credit: Wellcome Collection

Apenta is a still and sparkling Hungarian aperient water. Its principal constituents are sulphates of magnesia and soda. [1] The water's source were the Uj Hunyadi springs in Buda. [2]

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References

  1. Althaus, J (1896). "Notes on Apenta and some other Bitter Waters". BMJ. 2 (1865): 841. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.1865.841. PMC   2510792 . PMID   20756474.
  2. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science, Vol CII., Jul-Dec 1896