| veratric | <chemistry> Pertaining to, or derived from, plants of the genus Veratrum. <chemistry> Veratric acid, an acid occurring, together with veratrine, in the root of white hellebore (Veratrum album), and in sabadilla seed; extracted as a white crystalline substance which is related to protocatechuic acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| veratric acid | C9H10O4; 3,4-Dimethoxybenzoic acid;obtained by methylation and subsequent oxidation of protocatechuic acid; present in the seeds of Schoenocaulon officinale (Sabadilla officinarum). (05 Mar 2000) |