quercitol

 [kwur-si-tawl, -tol]  

quer·ci·tol

   [kwur-si-tawl, -tol]
noun Chemistry.
a colorless, crystalline, sweet, water-soluble solid, C6H12O5, obtained from acorns or oak bark: used chiefly in medicine.
Also called acorn sugar.

Origin:
1880–85; quercet(in) + -ol1
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Quercitol is always a great word to know.
So is asymmetric. Does it mean:
having an unsymmetrical arrangement of atoms in a molecule, or noting a carbon atom bonded to four different atoms or groups
a preparation containing an insoluble dye converted by reduction into a soluble leuco base, or a vessel containing such a preparation
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