| rutin | <chemistry> A glucoside resembling, but distinct from, quercitrin. Rutin is found in the leaves of the rue (Ruta graveolens) and other plants, and obtained as a bitter yellow crystalline substance which yields quercitin on decomposition. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| rutinose | 6-O-alpha-l-Rhamnosyl-d-glucose;a disaccharide of d-glucose and l-rhamnose, and a component of rutin. (05 Mar 2000) |