| 单词 | lutein |
| 释义 | lutein /looh"tee in/, n. Biochem. 1. Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C40H56O2, found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids. 2. a preparation consisting of dried and powdered corpora lutea from hogs. [1865-70; < L lute(um) yolk of an egg (n. use of neut. of luteus yellow; see LUTEOUS) + -IN2] |
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