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fraxin

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frax´in
n.1.(Chem.) A colorless crystalline substance (C16H18O10) found in the bark of the ash (Fraxinus), and along with esculin in the bark of the horse-chestnut. It is structurally a derivative of a coumarin glucoside. It shows a delicate blue-green fluorescence in alkaline solutions; - called also paviin and fraxoside.
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Chemical components Horse chestnut is composed primarily of triterpene glycosides and flavonoids (quercetin, kaempferol, astragalin, isoquercetin, rutin), coumarins (aesculetin, fraxin, scopolin), allantoin, amino acids, choline, citric acid, and phytosterol.
Horse Chestnut Herb Description-Herbal Medicines by Robert Baird / Health, general community
For example salicin is found in Salix spp, Populus spp, Viola spp, and Viburnum spp; fraxin is found in Fraxinus spp; and both spiraein and salicylaldehyde are found in Filipendula spp.
Aspirin for everyone over 50? by Cowper, Anne / Australian Journal of Medical Herbalism
 
 
 
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