taraxacin Chem.
(təˈræksəsɪn)
[f. next + -in1.]
A bitter crystalline substance obtained from the juice of dandelion-root. So taraˈxacerin, resin of taraxacum.
| 1858 Hogg Veg. Kingd. 462 A peculiar crystallizable principle was discovered in the juice by M. Polex, which he called taraxacin. 1868 Watts Dict. Chem. V. 671 The bitter substance of the root [of the dandelion], the so-called taraxacin, and the resin, have been examined by Polex (Arch. Pharm. xix. 50). 1890 Thorpe Dict. Applied Chem. I. 646/1 From that part of the coagulum left undissolved by the water alcohol extracts taraxacerin C8H16O (Kromayer). |