scillitin Chem.
(ˈsɪlɪtɪn)
Also -ine
[a. F. scillitine, f. scillit-ique obtained from squills, ad. L. scillīticus, a. Gr. σκιλλῑτικός, f. σκιλλῑ́της of the same meaning, f. σκίλλα scilla, squill: see -ite and -in.]
(See quot. 1819.)
| 1819 J. G. Children Chem. Anal. 288 Scillitin is the bitter principle of the scilla maritima or squill. 1850 Chem. Gaz. VIII. 276 The author [Bley] has obtained scillitine in a crystalline state. 1875 H. C. Wood Therap. (1879) 479 Scillitin has been asserted to be the active principle of squill; but the scillitin of different authors is diverse. |