xysmalobin
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]translingual Xysmalobium + -in
Noun
[edit]xysmalobin (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry) Synonym of uzarin.
- 1936, Watt, The South African Journal of Medical Sciences - Volumes 1-2, page 5:
- In a previous paper [Watt, 1930 ], I have reported the pharmacological effects of a glycoside, xysmalobin, isolated from the root by Brandwijk [1927].
- 2011, Amritpal Singh, Herbalism, Phytochemistry and Ethnopharmacology, page 129:
- Xysmalobium undulatum contains cardioactive steroid glycosides (cardenolides, mixture referred to as uzarone or xysmalobin): including among others uzarin (5.5%), xysmalorin (1.5%), allo-uzarine, allo-xysmalobin, urezin, uzaroside, ascleposide, and glucoascleposide.