coronillin Chem.
(kɒrəˈnɪlɪn)
[ad. F. coronilline (Schlagdenhauffen and Reeb 1897, in Arch. de Pharmacodynamie III. 5), f. coronilla + -in1.]
A bitter, yellow glucoside contained in the seeds of species of Coronilla, esp. C. scorpioides, and having a stimulating effect on the heart.
| 1897 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXXII. i. 433 Coronillin is obtained by digesting the powdered seed..with six times its weight of water at 100°. 1939 Thorpe's Dict. Applied Chem. III. 366/2 Coronillin, C23H33O10,..the glycoside of the seeds of Coronilla scorpioïdes and C. varia, is hydrolysed to glucose and an aglucone, C17H23O5. |