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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A crystalline bitter principle, difficultly soluble in water and alcohol, which is found in the bark of the horse-chestnut tree, Æsculus Hippocastanum.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A glucoside obtained from the Æsculus hippocastanum, or horse-chestnut, and characterized by its fine blue fluorescent solutions.
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“The species Aesculus hippocastanum has been studied and has been found to contain saponin, tannin, and the glycoside, esculin.”
“In 1870, according to Dymock, Broughton analyzed the fresh bark and reported that the bitter taste was due to _esculin_, which after drying and coming in contact with decomposing organic matter is transformed into the almost tasteless _esculetin_.”
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