helicinn.
/ˈhɛlɪsɪn/ Chemistry.
1. The glycoside of salicylic acid.
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jalapin1832
rhaponticin1834
struthiin1835
menyanthin1842
quercitric acid1844
rhodeoretin1845
helicin1848
rutic acid1848
morindin1849
panaquilon1858
galactoside1862
parillic acid1864
thujin1868
digitoxin1875
margarin1878
naringin1879
teucrin1881
condurangin1885
scopolin1885
linamarin1892
arabinoside1893
picein1894
rhamnoside1894
mannoside1897
saponaretin1905
pentoside1910
prunitrin1910
prunasin1912
leucoanthocyanin1920
pyranoside1930
stevioside1931
furanoside1932
hecogenin1943
1848 G. Fownes Man. Elem. Chem. (ed. 2) 448 Products called by M. Piria helicine, helicoidine, and anilotic acid..result from the action of dilute nitric acid upon salicine.
1865 H. Watts Dict. Chem. III. 139.
1868 H. B. Jones & H. Watts Fownes's Man. Elem. Chem. (ed. 10) 681 Helicin, C13H16O7, is a white, crystalline, slightly bitter substance, produced by the action of very dilute nitric acid upon salicin.
2. An oily substance extracted from snails.
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seal-oil1732
Dippel's oil1819
lard oil1843
helicin1854
sod oil1883
1854 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Helicin, name given by Oscar Figuier for a peculiar substance which he discovered in the garden snail.
1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iii. ii. 85 An oil with a sulphurous odour..to which he has given the name of Helicine.
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