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Webster 1913 Edition
Esculin
Es-cu′lin
,Noun.
[See
Esculic
.] (Chem.)
A glucoside obtained from the
Æsculus hippocastanum
, or horse-chestnut, and characterized by its fine blue fluorescent solutions. [Written also
æsculin
.] Definition 2024
esculin
esculin
English
Alternative forms
Noun
esculin (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry) A coumarin glucoside which exists in horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum), California buckeye (Aesculus californica), prickly box (Bursaria spinosa) and in daphnin (the dark green resin of Daphne mezereum).
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