sambunigrin

noun

sam·bu·nigrin | \ ˌsamb(y)əˈnīgrə̇n, -nig-\

plural -s

Definition of sambunigrin

: a crystalline glucoside C₆H₅CH(CN)OC₆H₁₁O₅ that occurs especially in the berries of the common elder, that on complete hydrolysis yields benzaldehyde, hydrocyanic acid, and glucose, and that racemizes in alkaline solution to prulaurasin — compare amygdalin, prunasin

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