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es·cu·lin

(es'kyū-lin),
A glucoside from horse-chestnut bark; used as a sun block.
[L. aesculus, the Italian oak]
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Biochemical reaction Result Nitrate + Growth in MacConkey + Urea hydrolysis + Esculin hydrolysis + Gelatin hydrolysis - ONPG (o-nitrophenyl-[beta]-D-galactopyranoside) + Oxidase + Vogesproskauer - [beta]-Galactosidase - Tryptophan deaminase - Ornithine decarboxylase - Lysine decarboxylase - Arginine decarboxylase - Motility + Glucose (assimilation) + Mannose + Mannitol + Maltose + Gluconate + Arabinose + Adonitol + Glutamyl arylamidase pNA + Indole -
Nonunion Humerous Fracture Infection Caused by Rhizobium radiobacter in a 24-Year-Old Healthy Patient: A Rare Case Report
To determine the biotype of isolates, esculin, indole, and lipase activity were investigated.
Detection of Yersinia enterocolitica in Retail Chicken Meat, Mashhad, Iran
Esculin, or sculin, is a chemical that naturally occurs in the horse chestnut, a plant extract.
Cancer diagnosis could be more effective thanks to conkers, scientists discover; Researchers have shown that cancer imaging can be simplified by a process utilising molecules derived from horse chestnuts
The selected LAB strains were assessed for the shape, cell wall composition (Gram staining), catalase production, carbohydrate, and sugar fermentation (amygdalin, arabinose, cellobiose, esculin, fructose, galactose, glucose, lactose, maltose, mannitol, raffinose, rhamnose, ribose, sorbitol, sucrose, and trehalose) as described in the Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology.
Screening of lactic acid bacteria with immune modulating property, and the production of lactic acid bacteria mediated fermented soymilk
Anaerobic culture yielded irregular, grey, non-hemolytic, molar tooth colonies of Gram-positive bacilli, negative for catalase, urease, and indole tests but positive for esculin hydrolysis test, identified as A.
A case of chronic lacrimal canaliculitis: revisiting the role of Actinomyces israelii
Entero-set consisting of growth on esculin agar in the presence of 40% bile, 6.5% NaCl, and arabinose test was used to identify Enterococci.
Prevalence of multidrug-resistant Enterococcus species isolated from urine samples in a tertiary care hospital, Western India
Like Enterococci it may reproduce in 6.5% NaCl and hydrolysis esculin in the presence of bile.
Catheter Related Leuconostoc Mesenteroides Bacteremia: A Rare Case and Review of the Literature/Kateter Iliskili Leuconostoc Mesenteroides Bakteriyemisi: Nadir Bir Olgu ve Literaturun Derlenmesi
Further, the bacterial isolate decarboxylated arginine but did not decarboxylate lysine and ornithine and hydrolysed gelatin but did not hydrolyse esculin. It did not produce urease, indole, and DNase.
Bacteremia and Urinary Tract Infection Caused by Chromobacterium violaceum: Case Reports from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal
Mean content (mg/100 ml) Molecule Alcohol- Ale free 2,3-Dihydroxy-1-guaiacylpropanone 0.0025 3-Methylcatechol 4-Ethylcatechol 4-Hydroxycoumarin 4-Methylcatechol 4-Vinylguaiacol 0.0100 4-Vinylphenol Catechol Esculin Pyrogallol Tyrosol 0.2700 Umbelliferone Vanillin 0.0048 Mean content (mg/100 ml) Molecule Dark Regular 2,3-Dihydroxy-1-guaiacylpropanone 0.0034 3-Methylcatechol 0.0029 0.0001 4-Ethylcatechol 0.0010 0.0006 4-Hydroxycoumarin 0.1100 4-Methylcatechol 0.0022 4-Vinylguaiacol 0.0300 0.1500 4-Vinylphenol 0.0300 0.0045 Catechol 0.0100 0.0011 Esculin 0.0200 Pyrogallol 0.0300 0.0047 Tyrosol 0.3200 Umbelliferone 0.0017 Vanillin 0.0200 Data from the Phenol-Explorer database [12].
Beer Polyphenols and Menopause: Effects and Mechanisms--A Review of Current Knowledge
Esculetin, esculin, fraxin, and fraxetin are some of the pharmacologically active components isolated from different species of Fraxinus plant (Figure 2).
Fraxinus: A Plant with Versatile Pharmacological and Biological Activities
iniae: acetoin production (Voges Proskauer) (Remel, USA), aminopeptidase leucine (LAP) (Remel, USA), arylamidase pyrrolidonyl (PYR) (Remel, USA), starch hydrolysis (Merck, Germany) and esculin hydrolysis (Neogen, Acumedia, USA).
Estreptococos beta-hemolitico en tilapias del nilo (Oreochromis niloticus) cultivadas en Sullana, Piura--Peru
Dextran production on MSE medium [22], citric acid degradation on Kempler and McKay solid medium, esculin hydrolysis and production of acetoine on Clark and Lubs medium [23,24].
Evaluation of technological properties of Leuconostoc mesonteroides (V1) strain isolated from Algerian goat's milk

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