salicyl alcohol glucoside 水杨甙
Salicin \Sal"i*cin\, n. [L. salix, -icis, a willow: cf. F.
salicine. See {Sallow} the tree.] (Chem.)
A glucoside found in the bark and leaves of several species
of willow ({Salix}) and poplar, and extracted as a bitter
white crystalline substance. also called {salicyl alcohol
glucoside}, {salicyl alcohol [beta]-D-glucopyranoside}, or
{saligenin [beta]-D-glucopyranoside}, {C13H18O7}. It is used
in biochemistry as a standard substrate for evaluating the
potency of [beta]-glucosidase in enzymatic preparations. It
is also an analgesic.