salicyl alcohol glucoside
- salicyl alcohol glucoside
- Salicin Sal"i*cin, n. [L. salix, -icis, a willow: cf. F.
salicine. See {Sallow} the tree.] (Chem.)
A glucoside found in the bark and leaves of several species
of willow ({Salix}) and poplar, and extracted as a bitter
white crystalline substance. also called {salicyl alcohol
glucoside}, {salicyl alcohol [beta]-D-glucopyranoside}, or
{saligenin [beta]-D-glucopyranoside}, {C13H18O7}. It is used
in biochemistry as a standard substrate for evaluating the
potency of [beta]-glucosidase in enzymatic preparations. It
is also an analgesic.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
2000.
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salicyl alcohol beta-D-glucopyranoside — Salicin Sal i*cin, n. [L. salix, icis, a willow: cf. F. salicine. See {Sallow} the tree.] (Chem.) A glucoside found in the bark and leaves of several species of willow ({Salix}) and poplar, and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
C13H18O7 — Salicin Sal i*cin, n. [L. salix, icis, a willow: cf. F. salicine. See {Sallow} the tree.] (Chem.) A glucoside found in the bark and leaves of several species of willow ({Salix}) and poplar, and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Salicin — Sal i*cin, n. [L. salix, icis, a willow: cf. F. salicine. See {Sallow} the tree.] (Chem.) A glucoside found in the bark and leaves of several species of willow ({Salix}) and poplar, and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance. also… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
saligenin beta-D-glucopyranoside — Salicin Sal i*cin, n. [L. salix, icis, a willow: cf. F. salicine. See {Sallow} the tree.] (Chem.) A glucoside found in the bark and leaves of several species of willow ({Salix}) and poplar, and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
salicin — /sal euh sin/, n. Pharm. a colorless, crystalline, water soluble glucoside, C13H18O7, obtained from the bark of the American aspen: used in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and analgesic. Also called salicyl alcohol glucoside /sal euh sil/.… … Universalium
List of EC numbers (EC 2) — This list contains a list of EC numbers for the second group, EC 2, transferases, placed in numerical order as determined by the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.EC 2.1: Transferring One… … Wikipedia
salicin — A glucoside of o hydroxybenzylalcohol, obtained from the bark of several species of Salix (willow) and Populus (poplar); s. is hydrolyzed to glucose and saligenin (salicyl alcohol); formerly used in rheumatoid arthritis. * * * sal·i·cin sal i sin … Medical dictionary
