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Cornin vs Corrin - What's the difference?

cornin | corrin |

As nouns the difference between cornin and corrin

is that cornin is a bitter principle obtained from dogwood (Cornus florida), as a white crystalline substance; cornic acid while corrin is a molecular species that contains four reduced pyrrole rings joined in a macrocycle by three -CH= groups and one direct bond; central to the cobalt containing vitamin cobalamin.

cornin

English

Noun

(-)
  • (organic compound) A bitter principle obtained from dogwood (Cornus florida ), as a white crystalline substance; cornic acid.
  • An extract from dogwood used as a febrifuge.
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    corrin

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) a molecular species that contains four reduced pyrrole rings joined in a macrocycle by three -CH= groups and one direct bond; central to the cobalt containing vitamin cobalamin

    • See also

    * porphyrin ----