Catechin (Noun)
Meaning
A tannic acid that is extracted from black catechu as a white crystalline substance.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- The astringent properties of catechin made it useful for a variety of medical applications, particularly in wound treatment.
- The experiment aimed to synthesize and characterize the various catechin compounds isolated from plants in the tropics.
- As early as the 19th century, researchers have known catechin as the key chemical compound behind the remarkable adhesive and waterproof properties of East Indian plants.
- Modern chemistry finally uncovered catechin, breaking the compound down and separating its two optical antipodes to shed new light on their functional disparities.
- Tannic substances rich in catechin displayed distinctive biochemical signatures distinguishable using today's biochemical separation and sequencing methodologies.