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Definition of Saccharin

1. Noun. A crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener.

Definition of Saccharin

1. n. A bitter white crystalline substance obtained from the saccharinates and regarded as the lactone of saccharinic acid; -- so called because formerly supposed to be isomeric with cane sugar (saccharose).

Definition of Saccharin

1. Noun. (chemistry) a white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products ¹

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Definition of Saccharin

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Saccharin

1. In dilute aqueous solution this compound is 300 to 500 times sweeter than sucrose, used as a sweetening agent. (17 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saccharin

Literary usage of Saccharin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1889)
"After the constant use of saccharin for over a year, DR. ... The great mistake generally made with all preparations of saccharin is that the intensely ..."

2. American Druggist (1887)
"saccharin is also likely to be found a serviceable substitute of sugar for all ... One of the most valuable medicinal uses of saccharin is its employment in ..."

3. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"The last is also formed by the action of NaOH on saccharin (Wilson, Chetn. ... (The same result is obtained on boiling saccharin with HC1 (Krannich, Ber. ..."

4. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen, Henry Leffmann (1898)
"The liquid contains the lime compound of a substance called saccharin, ... saccharin,' as isolated by Peligot from the products of the action of lime on ..."

5. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen, Henry Leffmann, Joseph Merritt Matthews (1898)
"The liquid contains the lime compound of a substance called saccharin, ... saccharin,' as isolated by Peligot from the products of the action of lime on ..."

6. The Law of Pure Food and Drugs, National and State: With Appendices by William Wheeler Thornton (1912)
"saccharin in Food. "At the request of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Referee Board of Consulting Scientific Experts has conducted an investigation as to ..."

7. A Text-book of Pharmacology and Therapeutics by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1899)
"saccharin is a light, white, crystalline powder, soluble in 400 parts of water and in 25 parts of alcohol. It is about 500 times as sweet as sugar, ..."

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