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Definition of Santonin

Santonin
Santonin San"to*nin, n. [L. herba santonica, a kind of plant, fr. Santoni a people of Aquitania; cf. Gr. ?: cf. F. santonine.] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance having a bitter taste, extracted from the buds of levant wormseed and used as an anthelmintic. It occassions a peculiar temporary color blindness, causing objects to appear as if seen through a yellow glass.

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- Santonin is a drug which was widely used in the past as an anthelminthic. It is an organic compound consisting of colorless flat prisms, turning slightly...
- sunlights. The first reported case was by Ciamician that sunlight converted santonin to a yellow photoproduct: An early example of a precipitate was the photodimerization...
- In enzymology, an alpha-santonin 1,2-reductase (EC 1.3.1.47) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction 1,2-dihydrosantonin + NAD(P)+ ⇌{\displaystyle...
- described by Trommsdorff in 1834. He observed that crystals of the compound α-santonin when exposed to sunlight turned yellow and burst. In a 2007 study the reaction...
- the Centennial Exposition of 1876 in Philadelphia—whose first product, santonin, neatly combined the skill of Erhart, the confectioner, with that of his...
- Artemisin is a sesquiterpene lactone, similar in structure to α-santonin. Artemisia (genus), hardy herbaceous plants and shrubs known for the powerful...
- in Williamsburgh, New York where they produced an antiparasitic called santonin. This was an immediate success, although it was production of citric acid...
- daisy family. Its dried flowerheads are the source of the vermifugic drug santonin since ancient times. Its common names arise from its known ability to expel...
- very small amount of alkaline environment. Absorbed santonin is rapidly converted into oxy-santonin in the liver, and oxysantonin stains the urine yellow...
- preparations, and citric acid for softdrink production. They also produced santonin, an antiparasitic, later expanding production to other chemicals. Pfizer's...