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What is esculin?

What is esculin? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (organic chemistry) A coumarin glucoside which exists in horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum), California buckeye (Aesculus californica), prickly box (Bursaria spinosa) and in daphnin (the dark green resin of Daphne mezereum).
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Esculin will not luminesce with peroxidase and H2O2, but pyrogallol or gallic acid will.
All species should be positive for dextrose, esculin, and maltose.
The catalase reaction was negative, and the esculin hydrolysis reaction was quickly positive.
The OmniLog also does not have crucial biochemical tests such as urea and esculin, which could be necessary to differentiate between species.
World leading global manufacturers of diagnostic media all produce formulations which use esculin and Gee Lawson is a close supply partner of all these users.
Results showed that metabolic pathways of esculin included hydrolysis, dehydrogenation, hydroxylation, methylation, dehydrogenation, glucuronidation, sulfation, and glycine conjugation.

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