A glycoside formed from the flavonoid quercetin and the deoxy sugar rhamnose, a constituent of quercitron dye.(noun)
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Use "quercitrin" in a sentence
"Washington DC: Carnegie Institution, 70 pp. HAL.ETT, F.P. and PARKS, L.M. (1951a) A note on the isolation of quercitrin from Euphorbia pilulifera, L. Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association, (Scientific edition), 40, 56 - 57."
"Rooibos is characterized by a range of flavonoid glycosides (including orientin, isoorientin, quercitrin) and polyphenolic antioxidants (aspalathin and nothofagin) of which aspalathin is the major and unique antioxidant only found in Rooibos."
"Stevia rebaudiana leaves was found to contain an abundance of antioxidant polyphenols, including quercitrin, apigenin, and kaempferol."