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esculin

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esculin
A glucoside from horse-chestnut bark; used as a sunburn protective. SYN: aesculin. [L. aesculus, the Italian oak]

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  • 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

  • esculin — эскулин …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

  • 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 — эскулин …   Англо-русский технический словарь

  • esculin — 1) Химия: эскулин 2) Парфюмерия: эскулин активный компонент экстракта конского каштана 3) Макаров: эскулин (краситель) …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

  • esculin — мед.сущ. эскулин …   Англо-русский медицинский словарь

  • 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

  • эскулин — esculin …   Русско-английский технический словарь

  • эскулин — 1) Chemistry: aesculin, enallachrome, esculin, esculinic acid 2) Makarov: esculin (краситель) …   Универсальный русско-английский словарь

  • AEsculin — [AE]s cu*lin, n. Same as {Esculin}. [1913 Webster] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English