sambunigrin Chem.
(sæmbjuːˈnaɪgrɪn)
[ad. F. sambunigrine (Bourquelot & Danjou 1905, in Compt. Rend. CXLI. 598), f. mod.L. Sambucus nigra, taxonomic name of the common elder (f. L. sambūcus elder + niger black): see -in1.]
A colourless crystalline glycoside of the nitrile of d-mandelic acid, found in the leaves of the elder and having the formula C6H5·CH(CN)·O·C6H11O5.
| 1905 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXXXVIII. i. 912 The leaves of Sambucus nigra contain only traces of emulsin; it is therefore possible to extract from the air-dried or the fresh leaves the glucoside sambunigrin C14H17O6N, which crystallises from ethyl acetate in long, colourless needles. 1965 Ansell & Gigg in S. Coffey Rodd's Chem. Carbon Compounds (ed. 2) Ic. ix. 104 It [sc. hydrogen cyanide] is widely distributed in plants in the form of..glycosides of the cyanohydrins of various aldehydes and ketones (amygdalin, prunasin, sambunigrin,..etc.). |