isoquercitrin

noun

iso·​quercitrin

: a pale-yellow crystalline glucoside C₂₁H₂₀O₁₂ occurring especially in cotton flowers and maize and yielding quercetin and glucose on hydrolysis

Word History

Etymology

is- + quercitrin

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