adermin
(əˈdɜːmɪn)
Also adermine.
[G. (R. Kuhn and G. Wendt 1938, in Ber. d. Deut. Chem. Ges. LXXI. 1534), f. a- 14 + Gr. δέρµα skin + -in suffix1.]
Pyridoxin; vitamin B6.
| 1938 Brit. Chem. & Physiol. Abstr. 505 It is converted by acetic anhydride into acetyladermin, b.p. 85–90°/0·0001 mm., transformed by HCl into adermin hydrochloride, m.p. 204–205° (decomp.). 1939 György & Eckardt in Nature CXLIV. 512/2 The term adermin, because it is misleading, should be abandoned. .. The term pyridoxin appears to be appropriate. |