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Phloroglucin
Phlor`o`glu´cin
| n. | 1. | (Chem.) A sweet white crystalline substance, metameric with pyrogallol, and obtained by the decomposition of phloretin, and from certain gums, as catechu, kino, etc. It belongs to the class of phenols. [Called also phloroglucinol.] |
phloroglucin
phlor·o·glu·cin , phloroglucinolphloroglucol (flōr'ō-glū'sin, -glū'sin-ol, -glū'kol), An isomer of pyrogallol, obtained from resorcinol by fusion with caustic soda; used as a reagent with vanillin, as a decalcifier of bone specimens, and as an antispasmodic. [phloridzin + G. glykys, sweet, + -in] phloroglucin a dye that with hydrochloric acid, stains LIGNIN bright red in sections of plant material. |