Description
[ Other name ] Aesculin; Æsculin
[ CAS No. ] 531-75-9
[ Molecular Formula ] C15H16O9
[ Molecular Weight ] 340.282
[ Appearance ] White Powder
[ Function ]
It has anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, anticoagulant, analgesic and other activities, and has a significant diuretic effect on mice. It can inhibit the aldose reductase of rat eye lens and is a growth inhibitor of Bacillus subtilis.
About Esculin
Esculin, is a coumarin glucoside that naturally occurs in the horse chestnut (Aesculus
hippocastanum),California buckeye (Aesculus californica),Prickly Box (Bursaria spinosa) and in daphnin (the dark green resin of Daphne mezereum). It is also found in dandelion coffee.
Esculin and its aglycon aesculetin have good effects on the treatment of bacillary dysentery and bronchitis. In addition, esculin also has anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, anticoagulant, analgesic and other activities.
