esculin

Meaning

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).

Synonyms

bicolorin

enallachrome

esculin bicolorin

esculine

esculo side

6,7-dihydroxycoumarin-6-glucoside

Translations

Etymology

Related to Latin aesculus.

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