rutin Chem.
(ˈruːtɪn)
Also † -ine.
[a. G. rutin (A. Weiss 1842, in Pharm. Centralbl. XIII. 903), f. L. rūta rue n.2: see -in1.]
A yellow crystalline phenolic glycoside, C27H30O16, found in several plant species (notably common rue, buckwheat, and capers) which possesses vasopressor properties and is taken to reduce blood pressure.
| 1857 [see rutic a.]. 1868 Watts Dict. Chem. V. 139 According to Stein, safflower yellow is uncrystallisable rutin. 1895 Naturalist 24 The leaves contain a considerable quantity of a tannin which..seems associated with rutin. 1967 Times Rev. Industry Feb. 118/1 (Advt.), High blood pressure? Rutin, the natural product, has helped thousands of sufferers. 1977 Martindale's Extra Pharmacopoeia (ed. 27) 1697/2 Rutin was formerly used in the treatment of disease states characterised by capillary bleeding associated with increased capillary fragility but evidence of its value is inconclusive. |
| attrib. 1868 Watts Dict. Chem. V. 141 Rutin sugar..isomeric with glucose..is not fermentable. |