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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colorless, intensely sweet compound, which is obtained by boiling hesperidin with dilute aqueous-alcoholic sulphuric acid. It crystallizes in plates and melts and decomposes at 226° C.
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Taxifolin and hesperitin inhibited receptor-mediated endocytosis of beta-hexosaminidase by fibroblasts up to 50% of control uptake.
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34; 2010
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