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ru⋅tin

[root-n]
–noun Pharmacology.
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C2 7H3 0O1 6, obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.

Origin:
< G Rutin (1842) < NL Rut(a) rue, a source of the substance (see rutaceous ) + G -in -in 2
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Main Entry: ru·tin
Pronunciation: 'rüt-&n
Function: noun
: a yellow crystalline flavonol glycosideC27H30O16 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)
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