Crossword-Solution: CATECHIN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Catechin | n. | One of the tannic acids, extracted from catechu as a white, crystalline substance; -- called also catechuic acid, and catechuin. |
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| CATECHIN | anagram | CHANCEIT |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with CATECHIN (5)
The leguminosæ are conspicuous as furnishing us with important dyes, e.g., indigo, logwood, catechin.
Chemically it consists of a mixture of a peculiar variety of tannin termed catechu-tannic acid with catechin or catechuic acid, and a brown substance due to the alteration of both these principles.
Catechu-tannic acid is an amorphous body soluble in cold water, while catechin occurs in minute, white, silky, needle-shaped crystals, which do not dissolve in cold water.
During the boiling with catechu the cotton attracts the active principles catechin and catechu-tannic acid, but it thus acquires only a pale brown colour; in the bichromate of potash, however, these are oxidized to form insoluble japonic acid, which permeates the fibre, and a deep brown colour is thus developed.
The liquid thickens round the stick, and, the thickened portion being constantly rubbed off, while at the same time the whole is in motion, it gradually sets into a mass, a result which, it is said, would never be produced by simple stirring: it is reasonable to suppose that this manner of treating the liquor favours the crystallisation of the catechin in a more concrete form than it might otherwise assume.