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Quercitrin

Quercitrin \Quer"cit*rin\, n. [Cf. F. quercitrin. See Quercitron.] (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from the bark of the oak ( Quercus) as a bitter citron-yellow crystalline substance, used as a pigment and called quercitron.

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quercitrin

n. A glycoside formed from the flavonoid quercetin and the deoxy sugar rhamnose, a constituent of quercitron dye.

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Quercitrin

Quercitrin is a glycoside formed from the flavonoid quercetin and the deoxy sugar rhamnose.

Austrian chemist Heinrich Hlasiwetz (1825-1875) is remembered for his chemical analysis of quercitrin.