salicin

American  

[sal-uh-sin] / ˈsæl ə sɪn /

noun

Pharmacology.

1. a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble glucoside, C 1 3 H 1 8 O 7 , obtained from the bark of the American aspen: used in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and analgesic.

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salicin British  

/ ˈsælɪsɪn /

noun

1. 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

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Etymology

Origin of salicin

1820–30; < French salicine < Latin salic- (stem of salix ) willow + French -ine -ine ²

Example Sentences

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salicin

The powdered bark contains the analgesic salicin, which Bayer modifies to create the less-toxic acetylsalicylic acid.

From Nature ● Jul. 12, 2016

It can be hydrolyzed, by a special enzyme, into salicin and benzoic acid.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred

Indeed, willow bark has been partly considered succedaneous to cinchonia, but since they had no means of extracting the salicin, the bark must be used in its natural state.

From The Mysterious Island by White, Stephen W.

By acting with these enzymes on the natural glucosides, it is found that the majority are of the β-form; e.g. emulsin hydrolyses salicin, helicin, aesculin, coniferin, syringin, &c.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

In the willow and poplar,23 a crystalline, bitter substance, salicin or populin, is found.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 by Various