Meanings
nounforsythin (uncountable)
- uncountableA glucopyranoside isolated from plants of the genus Forsythia.
Forsythiaside exhibits strong antibacterial, antiviral, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and cyclic adenosine monophosphate phosphodiesterase inhibitory effects [ 15 ]; forsythin and rutin show a strong antioxidant effect [ 16 ].
2015 July 2, Yi-ping Guo, Li-gen Lin, Yi-tao Wang, “Chemistry and pharmacology of the herb pair Flos Lonicerae japonicae-Forsythiae fructus”, in Chinese Medicine, volume 10, →DOI
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