JESCULETINIC ACID

n. Es-ku?le2t-i2n/i2k. Fr., acide esculétinique. An acid produced, along with glucic and apoglucic acids, by decomposing æscul in with baryta. [B, 81.] For deriv., E?s(a3-e2s)-ku?- Fr., æsculacees. ÆSCULIC ACID, n. E?s-ku”li?k, Fr., acide esculique. It., acido esculico. See SAPOGENIN. JESCULIN, n. E?s’ku?-li2n, For deriv., see Æscur us. Fr., ésculine, æsculine. Ger., Aesculin, lt., esculina, Also written JEST HES I METER, n. E?s-the?s-i2?m/e*t-u5r, See ÆsTHESIescutin. A glucoside of the formula C),H,s0, + 2H20, obtained | OMETER. from the bark of the horse-chestnut (Æscul us hippocastanum) and other trees of the ea Æscul us and Pavia. It forms white prismatic crystals, of slightly bitter taste, di olving readily in hot water and in alcohol, the aqueous solution having a marked blue fluorescence. On treatment with dilute acids it splits up into glucose an dees culet in, Æ, is isomeric with daphnin. It has been used as a remedy in malaria in 15-grain doses. [B, 2, 4, 5.] ÆSCULINEÆ (Lat.), n. f. pl. E?s(a3-e?s)-ku?(ku)-li?n’e(a)-e(a>- e*), For deriv., see Æscur us. _ Fr., œsculacées. Ger., Aesculin een, Ro kastaniengewächse. In Eichler’s cla ification, an order (corresponding to a cohort of other systems) of the series Fncyclicæ. It is distinguished by its five flowers with double or triple celled ovary and by the arrangement of the stamens, which are disposed in a double row, and are usually inserted on a disk separating them from the corolla; more rarely they are united to form a single tube. There are regularly 10 stamens, but a certain number are usually suppre ed. The %. comprise five families (orders of other systems): Sapindaceæ, Acerine, Hippo cast a nee (both included by Bentham and Hooker among the Sapindaceæ), Eryerpiscets, and Polygalinæ. The order nearly corresponds to EBS ye i Acera and Polygaline of Endlicher's system, [B, 35, ÆSCULUS (Lat.), n. f. E?s'(aS’e?s)-ku?(ku)-lu (luts). esca, food. Also written esculus. 1. As used by the ancients, the Italian oak (Quercus æscul us), or perhaps the holm-oak (Quercus ilex) or beech (Fagus sylvatic a). {L, Ee 2. A Linnean genus of trees and shrubs belonging to the natural order Sapindaceæ, tribe Hippo cast aneæ, distinguished by the presence of opposite digitate leaves, a three-celled ovary with 2 ovules in each cell, coriaceous fruit with thick inseparable cotyledons, and flowers arranged in terminal panicles, racemes, or th. {B, 34.]—ZE. glabra [Willdenow]. Syn.: ‘Pavia ohio ens is [Michaux]. Ohio buckeye; a small tree growing along the banks of the Ohio. A remedy obtained from it is said to be useful in portal congestion. B 34; L, 61.]-Æ. hippocastanum [Linnæus]. Fr., marronier (ou châtaignier) d'Inde. Ger., Ro kastanie. It., castagno d’India. Sp., cast año de Indias. Horse-chestnut. A species indigenous to northern Asia, but cultivated throughout Europe and North America. It is a tree 40 or 50 feet in IL bearing pink or white flowers and large dark-brown seeds. The fruit contains tannic acid, starch, a fixed oil, and a bitter glucoside æscul in (q. v.). Deprived of the latter by treatment with alkalies, it has been used as food, roasted, it has been given in atony of the uterus, and the powdered kernel of the fruit has been used as a sternutatory. The fixed oil has been employed as a local application in rheumatism and gout. The capsules of the fruit contain capsulæseic acid (q. v.). The bark contains fraxin and tannic acid, and has been given as a remed, in intermit tents. [B,5, 31; L, 77.|—A&. mac rost achy a fin a - Syn.: Æ, parviflora {Walter. Ashrub 2 to 3 feet Tiel in Georgia and South Carolina, The fruit is edible. _ [B, 34; L, 105.]—A8. ohio ens is, Æ. ohio tens is. Ohio buckeye, [L,63] See Æ, pavia.—Æ, parviflora. See Æ. mac rost achy a.— Ae. pavia [Linnaeus]. Fr., marronier à fleurs écarlates. Syn.: Pavia [De ndolle]. Red buckeye. A shrub 3 to 10 feet high growing in the Southern United States, bearing irregular red flowers arranged in th. The bark has been used as a febrifuge, and the fruit is said to be poisonous, producing symptoms analogous to those of Seyen nine poisoning. [B, 34; L, 61, 77,]—Æ. rubicund a. See ; pavia. ÆSECAVUM (Lat.), n. n. E?s(a3-e?s)-e?k-a(aS)'vu3m(wutm). Deriv., uncertain. Bra made by the union of copper and calamine. [L, 97.] ÆSORCEIN, n,_E%s-o8r’se-i2n, For deriv., see Æscur us and OncCEIN. Fr., œsorcéine, ésorcéine, Ger., Aesorcein. Also written esorcein.. A substance of the composition ous NOs, derived from paræsculetin by the addition of ammonia, [B, 3]