glycyrrhetin Chem.
(glɪsɪˈriːtɪn, -ˈrɛtɪn)
Also glycyrretin.
[ad. F. glycyrretin (E. von Gorup-Besanez 1861, in Ann. d. Chem. und Pharm. CXVIII. 242), f. glycyrrhizin + -etin.]
= glycyrrhetic a.
| 1864 H. Watts Dict. Chem. II. 919 Gycyrretin,..a substance obtained, together with glucose, by boiling glycyrrhizin with dilute acids. 1907 [see glycyrrhetic a.]. 1943 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) VI. 98/1 Glycyrrhetin, glycyrrhetic acid, C32H48O7. |