Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An amaroid, C18H30O, obtained from
Coleopleurum Gmelini . It is crystalline and melts at 126.5°C.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry a
tricyclic heterocycle that is anisomer ofpsoralen
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Examples
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Angelica contain plentifully a peculiar resin called "angelicin," which is stimulating to the lungs, and to the skin: they smell pleasantly of musk, being an excellent tonic and carminative.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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The essential oils obtained from the seeds and roots by steam distillation are known to contain d-phellandrene, - pinene, osthenole, osthole, angelicin, - thujene, camphene, and numerous other compounds (1. 1-242, 1. 2-112).
Find Me A Cure 2008
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a dark brown colour and contains angelica oil, angelica wax and angelicin, C_ {18} _H_ {30} _O.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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