Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
ru·tin Pronunciation:
'rüt-&n Function:
noun : a yellow crystalline flavonol glycosideC
27H
30O
16 that occurs in various plants (as rue, tobacco, and buckwheat), that yields quercetin and rutinose on hydrolysis, and that is used chiefly for strengtheningcapillary blood vessels (as in cases of hypertension and radiation injury)