Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by form]
6. [materials by chemical form]
7. compounds (materials)

Anotations

Scope note:

Yellow crystalline acidic compound found in tobacco leaves, forsythia flowers, common rue, and other plants. Rutin is used medicinally for its antioxidant properties and as a colorant. It is yellow upon precipitation, and becomes brown with exposure to heat or light.