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单词 quercin
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quercinn.

Brit. /ˈkwəːsɪn/, U.S. /ˈkwərsən/
Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Quercin.
Etymology: < German Quercin (1830) < English quercia (see quot. 1829; < classical Latin quercus oak (see quercine adj.) + English -ia , suffix) + German -in -in suffix1.
Chemistry.
A bitter crystalline cyclic alcohol obtained from the bark and acorns of various species of oak, and found also in other plants.Quercin is a stereoisomer of hexahydroxycyclohexane; C6H12O6. It is unlikely that the pure compound was isolated before the mid 20th cent.
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1829 Jrnl. Philadelphia Coll. Pharmacy Apr. 98 From my having obtained it from six different species of quercus, and its properties characterizing it as a substance sui generis, I have given it the name of quercia.]
1833 Rep. Brit. Assoc. 1831–2 510 List of Vegetable Alkalies..Quercin?
1845 Penny Cycl. Suppl. I. 349/2 Quercin, a neutral crystalline substance procured from the bark of the oak.
1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 692/1 A bitter principle to which the name quercin has been applied by Gerber..has also been detected in the acorn of the common oak.
1894 Watts' Dict. Chem. Quercin..occurs in oakbark, being obtained from the mother-liquors in the preparation of quercite.
1948 W. Pigman Chem. Carbohydrates vi. 268 Scyllitol (cocositol, quercin, m.p. 352°) the fourth known naturally occurring cyclohexanehexol, though not abundant, is widely distributed being found in the elasmobranch fishes,..in the dogwood, in the leaves of the cocos palm, and in acorns.
2003 Canad. Pharmaceut. Jrnl. 136 ii. 13/1 Several chemical components have been isolated from hawthorn... Flavonoids including quercin, quercetin, quercitrin, hyperoside, [etc.]..have been identified.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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