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phloridzin
Variant of phlorizin
noun
a bitter, white, crystalline glycoside, CHO, obtained from the root and bark of certain fruit trees: used experimentally to cause glycosuria because it inhibits cellular absorption of glucose
also phloridzin or phlorhizin
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