Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A crystalline substance, C15H14O5, made by hydrolyzing phlorizin with dilute acids. It melts at 253–255° C., and is changed into phloretic acid and phloroglucinol by boiling with caustic potash. It is a febrifuge.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A bitter white crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of phlorizin, and formerly used to some extent as a substitute for quinine.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The phloroglucin ester of paraoxyhydratropic acid, found in the leaves of apple trees.

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  • The latest botanical wonders are acai berry and phloretin from apples.

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  • The latest botanical wonders are acai berry and phloretin from apples.

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  • The latest botanical wonders are acai berry and phloretin from apples.

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  • The order of potency was tannic acid phloretin taxifolin fustin.

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  • In mucolipidosis II fibroblast cultures, characterized by their preferential secretion of most newly synthesized hydrolases, quercetin and phloretin

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  • Naringin, quercetin, and phloretin moderately inhibited uptake by 30% while rutin and fisetin had no effect.

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  • (fustin, taxifolin, phloretin) and the polyphenol tannic acid were potent inhibitors.

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