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Definition of Lactucin

Lactucin
Lactucin Lac*tu"cin, n. [From Lactuca: cf. F. lactucine.] (Chem.) A white, crystalline substance, having a bitter taste and a neutral reaction, and forming one of the essential ingredients of lactucarium.

Meaning of Lactucin from wikipedia

- Lactucin is a bitter substance that forms a white crystalline solid and belongs to the group of sesquiterpene lactones. It is found in some varieties of...
- investigated for biological activity include lactucin and its derivatives lactucopicrin and 11β,13-dihydrolactucin. Lactucin and lactucopicrin were found to have...
- Chojnacka-Wójcik, E. (2006). "Analgesic and sedative activities of lactucin and some lactucin-like guaianolides in mice". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 107...
- inhibitor. Lactucin Wesołowska, A; Nikiforuk, A; Michalska, K; Kisiel, W; Chojnacka-Wójcik, E (Sep 2006). "Analgesic and sedative activities of lactucin and...
- a sesquiterpene lactone found in Artemisia annua. Lactucin, desoxylactucin, lactucopicrin, lactucin-15-oxalate, lactucopicrin-15-oxalate are some of the...
- (daisy) family. Lactuca floridana was found to contain 11β,13-Dihydro-lactucin-8-O-acetate hemihydrate. L. floridana is a tall plant, growing to a height...
- to the plant's bitterness are primarily the two sesquiterpene lactones, lactucin and lactucopicrin. Other components are aesculetin, aesculin, cichoriin...
- 11-dihydrotaraxinic acid and 13-dihydrotaraxinic acid l'-glucoside Lactucopicrin Lactucin Cichorin Eudesmanolides Tetrahydroridentin-B Taraxacolide-O-β-glucopyranoside...
- may refer to: Dihydromethysticin, a kavalactone found in the kava plant Lactucin, a bitter sesquiterpene lactone found in lettuce Vernolepin, a sesquiterpene...
- guaianolides were detected. The genus is a rich source of hieracin-type and lactucin-type guaianolides. Phenolics found in flowering heads of Scorzoneroides...