A chemical compound derived from plants of the Achillea genus (yarrow), studied for possible medicinal properties.
From Achillea plus -ein (chemical suffix indicating a compound or alkaloid). This scientific naming convention applies plant genus names to isolated chemical constituents found within them.
Chemists raided Greek mythology for naming conventions, so 'achillein' sounds mythological but is actually a modern lab discovery—it's what happens when science borrows ancient storytelling.
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