Erythrite - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition erythrite

Definition :

A colorless crystalline substance C4H6OH4 of a sweet cooling taste extracted from certain lichens and obtained by the decomposition of erythrin called also erythrol erythroglucin erythromannite pseudorcin cobalt bloom and under the name phycite obtained from the alga Protococcus vulgaris It is a tetrabasic alcohol corresponding to glycol and glycerin