Definitions for amygdalin

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amygdalin a·myg·da·lin

Spelling: [uh-mig-duh-lin]

IPA: /əˈmɪg də lɪn/

Amygdalin is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 371 anagrams from letters in amygdalin (aadgilmny).

Definitions for amygdalin

noun

1. a white, bitter-tasting, water-soluble, glycosidic powder, C 20 H 27 NO 11 , usually obtained from bitter almond seeds and the leaves of plants of the genus Prunus and related genera: used chiefly in medicine as an expectorant.

Origin of amygdalin

1645-55; Latin amygdal(a) almond + -in²

Examples for amygdalin

The best known and most widely distributed of these is amygdalin.

In the amygdalin molecule, it exists in the dextro form, which has been named "prunasin."

In other words, amygdalin is a true glucoside rather than a maltoside.

Concentrate the residuary liquor to a sixth part, and add ether, which will throw down the amygdalin.

The most important cyanogenetic glucoside is amygdalin, which occurs in bitter almonds.

It is, therefore, similar to amygdalin, except that one glucose molecule is replaced by arabinose.

amygdalin was first discovered in 1830, and was one of the first substances to be recognized as a glucoside.

Solution of amygdalin mixed with emulsion of sweet almonds developed no smell of bitter almonds if some salicylic acid were added.

amygdalin, amygdaline, a-mig′da-lin, n. a crystalline principle existing in the kernel of bitter almonds.