Meanings
- uncountablechemistryA flavonoid found in fruits, vegetables, leaves and grains.
In the case of the flavanol quercitin, the absorption spectrum of quercitin itself was red-shifted and its fluorescence intensity increased, while the fluorescence intensity of albumin was quenched.
2014, George Aiken, “2: Fluorescence and Dissolved Organic Matter: A Chemist's Perspective”, in Paula Coble, Jamie Lead, Andy Baker, Darren Reynolds, Robert G. M. Spencer, editors, Aquatic Organic Matter Fluorescence, page 482 more examples
Quercitin-β-glucoside is more easily absorbed than the aglycone quercitin. Isorhamnetin-β-glucoside, which is chemically similar to quercitin, differing only by a single methoxyl group, is more readily absorbed.
2002, D. G. Lindsay, “7: Nutritional enhancement of plant foods”, in Victoriano Valpuesta, editor, Fruit and Vegetable Biotechnology, page 174Here again the consumption of a bioflavonoid (quercitin) was related to the incidence of CAD mortality. It was found that men who consumed (from the diet) less than 10 mg per day of quercitin had a 200% increase in the CAD death rate, compared to those who consumed more than 30 mg.
2004, Willem Serfontein, Did Your Doctor Tell You?, page 17
Origin
- Latinquercētum“oak plantation”
- Englishquercitin
From Latin quercētum (“oak plantation”) + -in.
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