saligenin Chem.
(sæˈlɪdʒənɪn)
Also 9 -ine.
[a. F. saligénine, f. sali(cine) salicin: see -gen and -in1.]
A substance obtained in the decomposition of salicin by dilute acid.
| 1852 W. Gregory Org. Chem. (ed. 3) 147 Salicine is composed of saligenine and sugar. 1863 Fownes' Chem. (ed. 9) 558 Saligenin forms colourless, nacreous scales, freely soluble in water, alcohol, and ether. |
So saˈligenol, saˈligenyl (see quots.).
| 1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 212/2 It [sc. salicin] may be split up by digestion with emulsin or saliva into salicylic alcohol (saligenol, C7H8O2) and glucose. 1897 Syd. Soc. Lex., Saligenyl, the hypothetical radical of Saligenin. |