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quercetin

/ˈkwɜː(ɹ).sɪt.ɪn/

quercetin noun: a flavonol found in many fruits, vegetables, leaves and grains.

quercetin: a flavonol found in many fruits, vegetables, leaves and grains
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Noun

quercetin (countable and uncountable, plural quercetins)

  1. A flavonol found in many fruits, vegetables, leaves and grains.
    • Quercetin has gained the attention of the supplement industry, and is now widely promoted as a natural anti-inflammatory and antioxidant magic bullet.2003, David Hoffmann, Medical Herbalism: The Science and Practice of Herbal Medicine, page 104
    • The one daily supplement that often reduces allergic symptoms across the board is the phytonutrient quercetin, a chemical compound known as a bioflavonoid and found in plants.2005, James Braly, Patrick Holford, Hidden Food Allergies, page 101

Examples of quercetin in a sentence

  • In plasma, quercetin mostly exists as glucuronated, sulfated, and/or methylated quercetin conjugates.2014, Masuko Kobori, “14: Dietary Quercetin and other Polyphenols: Attenuation of Obesity”, in Ronald Ross Watson, Victor R. Preedy, Sherma...
  • One study, for example, found that eating a diet rich in quercetin, found in green tea, broccoli and red wine, might help protect against lung cancer, especially in heavy smokers.2015 August 1, Marta Zaraska, “Bitter truth”, in New Scientist, number 3032, page 27:

Forms of quercetin

pluralquercetins

Origin of quercetin

translingual Quercus (“genus of oak”)

Words formed from quercetin

Words that rhyme with quercetin

Questions about quercetin

What does quercetin mean?
Quercetin means a flavonol found in many fruits, vegetables, leaves and grains.
How do you use quercetin in a sentence?
In plasma, quercetin mostly exists as glucuronated, sulfated, and/or methylated quercetin conjugates.
What part of speech is quercetin?
Quercetin is a noun.
How do you pronounce quercetin?
Quercetin is pronounced /ˈkwɜː(ɹ).sɪt.ɪn/.
What is the plural of quercetin?
The plural of quercetin is quercetins.

Words near quercetin in the dictionary

  1. Querandí
  2. quercetagetin
  3. quercetagetins
  4. quercetagitrin
  5. quercetamide
  6. quercetin
  7. quercetinase
  8. quercetinases
  9. quercetine
  10. quercetins
  11. quercetum

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