Chem. [a. F. smilacin, f. smilac-, stem of SMILAX + -IN1.] Parillin.
1836. Brande, Chemistry (ed. 4), 1047. The parillin and smilacin of Palotta and Folchi, I have not been able to identify.
1838. Thomson, Chem. Org. Bodies, 137. Smilacin is obtained from the root of the Smilax sarsaparilla.
1871. A. B. Garrod, Mat. Med. (ed. 3), 336. Sarsaparilla contains … a peculiar principle occurring as a white powder, Smilacin, of which little is known.
