convolvulinn.
Chemistry.
A glucoside, a colourless transparent resin, C31H50O16, obtained from the rhizome of Convolvulus Schiedanus, the officinal jalap-root.
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1850 J. Pereira Elem. Materia Med. 1455 Convolvulin, a substance supposed by Maquart to be a vegetable alkali.
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convolvuˈlinic acid n. C31H54O18, a product of the action of fixed alkalis upon convolvulin.
conˈvolvulinol n. a crystallizable substance, obtained from convolvulinic acid.
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1877Convolvulinol [see convolvulinolic acid n.].
convolvuliˈnolic acid n. an acid formed by the action of alkaline solutions on convolvulinol.
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1877 H. Watts Fownes's Man. Elem. Chem. II. 605 Convolvulin..is a gummy mass having a strong purgative action; resolved by acids and by emulsion into dextrose and convolvulinol, which is converted by alkalis into convolvulinolic acid.
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