The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
esculin culture medium — an agar medium containing heart infusion, peptone, sodium chloride, ferric citrate, and esculin, used to differentiate Escherichia from Shigella … Medical dictionary
esculin — /es kyeuh lin/, n. Chem. a white, crystalline, slightly water soluble glucoside, C15H16O9, obtained from the bark of the common horse chestnut and used chiefly in skin preparations as a protective against sunburn. Also, aesculin. [ < It esculina… … Universalium
esculin — A glucoside from horse chestnut bark; used as a sunburn protective. SYN: aesculin. [L. aesculus, the Italian oak] * * * es·cu·lin or aes·cu·lin es kyə lən n a glucoside C15H16O9 from the inner bark of the horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastaneum)… … Medical dictionary
esculin — n. vegetable substance mainly used in sunscreen lotions … English contemporary dictionary
esculin — es·cu·lin … English syllables
esculin — … Useful english dictionary
Bile esculin agar — (BEA) is a selective differential agar used to isolate and identify members of the genus Enterococcus . Bile salts are the selective ingredient, while esculin is the differential component. Enterococcus hydrolyze esculin to products that react… … Wikipedia
bile-esculin agar — an agar medium containing beef extract, peptone, oxgall, ferric citrate, and esculin, sometimes supplemented with horse serum, used for the identification of group D streptococci … Medical dictionary
aesculin — Esculin Es*cu lin, n. [See {Esculic}.] (Chem.) A glucoside obtained from the {[AE]sculus hippocastanum}, or horse chestnut, and characterized by its fine blue fluorescent solutions. [Written also {[ae]sculin}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
AEsculus hippocastanum — Esculin Es*cu lin, n. [See {Esculic}.] (Chem.) A glucoside obtained from the {[AE]sculus hippocastanum}, or horse chestnut, and characterized by its fine blue fluorescent solutions. [Written also {[ae]sculin}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
