A chemical compound or substance found in or derived from cortex tissue, particularly in plant bark.
From 'cortex' plus the chemical suffix '-in.' This term was created in the 19th century during the expansion of biochemistry to name newly isolated compounds.
Just like quinine comes from cinchona bark, corticin represents a whole category of 'bark chemicals'—plants evolved different compounds in their bark for protection, and scientists gave them Latin-based names!
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