释义 |
amyrin|ˈæmɪrɪn| Also -ine. [ad. F. amyrine (S. Baup 1851, in Jrnl. de Pharm. XX. 323), amyris + -in1.] A resin obtained from a Mexican species of Amyris (A. elemifera).
1876Jrnl. Chem. Soc. ii. 423 Amyrin is found in elemi in the form of microscopic prisms. 1889Chambers's Encycl. IV. 288/1 When treated with cold alcohol, it [sc. Elemi] partly dissolves, leaving about 20 per cent. of a white resinous substance called Amyrine. |