salicin

[sal-uh-sin]

noun Pharmacology.

a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble glucoside, C13H18O7, obtained from the bark of the American aspen: used in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and analgesic.

Origin of salicin

1820–30; < French salicine < Latin salic- (stem of salix) willow + French -ine -ine²

Also called sal·i·cyl al·cohol glu·coside

[sal-uh-sil] /ˈsæl ə sɪl/.

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Historical Examples of salicin

Salicin is, if ever, but very seldom used for adulteration of quinine.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II
Arnold Cooley
It can be hydrolyzed, by a special enzyme, into salicin and benzoic acid.
The Chemistry of Plant Life
Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
The abortive method consists in cutting short the attack by the administration of colchicum, veratria, or the salicin compounds.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II
Various
Salicin,62 ergot, guarana, have all been spoken of by enthusiasts as possessing valuable properties in diarrhoea.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II
Various
From willow bark which is fresh, and rich in salicin, it may be obtained by the cautious evaporation of the cold aqueous infusion.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II
Arnold Cooley

British Dictionary definitions for salicin

salicin

salicine

noun

a colourless or white crystalline water-soluble glucoside obtained from the bark of poplar trees and used as a medical analgesic. Formula: C 13 H 18 O 7

Word Origin for salicin

C19: from French salicine, from Latin salix willow

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