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MAIDEN1 in 1887 and Smith2 in 1897 noted the presence of rutin (identified by Perkins3) in the leaves of Eucalyptus macrorryncha (F. v. M.) or red stringy bark, which occurs abundantly through the hilly country of Victoria and New South Wales. The increasing importance of rutin in the treatment of capillary fragility has led to the possibility of using E. macrorryncha, or other eucalypts in which it might occur, as an economic source of rutin.
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RODWELL, C. Rutin in Two Eucalypts. Nature 165, 773 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/165773a0
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