Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A white or colorless crystalline compound, C28H34O15, occurring in citrus fruit.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A crystallizable bitter principle found in the spongy envelop of oranges and lemons. Its nature has not yet been ascertained.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A glucoside found in ripe and unripe fruit (as the orange), and extracted as a white crystalline substance.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[hesperid(ium) + –in.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From hesperidium.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word hesperidin.

Examples

  • July 20, 2009 -- An apple a day is said to keep the doctor away, but orange juice may be good at the job, too. in orange juice called hesperidin improves blood vessel function and helps lower a person's risk of heart disease, researchers report.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2009

  • July 20, 2009 -- An apple a day is said to keep the doctor away, but orange juice may be good at the job, too. in orange juice called hesperidin improves blood vessel function and helps lower a person's risk of heart disease, researchers report.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2009

  • Two delicious perfumes are distilled from the flowers -- oil of neroli, and napha water, -- of which the chemical hydro-carbon "hesperidin," is mainly the active principle.

    Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

  • The white lining pith of the peel possesses likewise the crystalline principle "hesperidin."

    Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

  • The peel furnishes hesperidin, a volatile oil, gallic acid, and a bitter principle.

    Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

  • Researchers led by Professor Paresh Dandona linked the apparent benefits of the orange juice to the high content of the flavonoids naringenin and hesperidin.

    NutraIngredients-USA RSS stephen.daniells@decisionnews.com 2010

  • Researchers led by Professor Paresh Dandona linked the apparent benefits of the orange juice to the high content of the flavonoids naringenin and hesperidin.

    FoodNavigator-USA RSS stephen.daniells@decisionnews.com 2010

  • Other studies focussing on hesperidin have also reported potential cardiovascular and neurological benefits.

    FoodNavigator-USA RSS stephen.daniells@decisionnews.com 2010

  • Other studies focussing on hesperidin have also reported potential cardiovascular and neurological benefits.

    NutraIngredients RSS stephen.daniells@decisionnews.com 2010

  • Researchers led by Professor Paresh Dandona linked the apparent benefits of the orange juice to the high content of the flavonoids naringenin and hesperidin.

    NutraIngredients RSS stephen.daniells@decisionnews.com 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.