The Collaborative International Dictionary
fraxoside
fraxin \frax"in\, n. [From Fraxinus.] (Chem.)
A colorless crystalline substance ( C16H18O10) found in the
bark of the ash ( Fraxinus), and along with esculin in the
bark of the horse-chestnut. It is structurally a derivative
of a coumarin glucoside. It shows a delicate blue-green
fluorescence in alkaline solutions; -- called also paviin
and fraxoside.
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Syn:
8-([beta]-D-Glucopyranosyloxy)-7-hydroxy-6-methoxy-2H-1-benzopyran-2-one; also, 7,8-dihydroxy-6-methoxy-coumarin-8-[beta]-D-glucoside; fraxetin-8-glucoside.