Folin may refer to : *

Otto Folin Otto Knut Olof Folin (April 4, 1867 – October 25, 1934) was a Swedish-born American chemist who is best known for his groundbreaking work at Harvard University on practical micromethods for the determination of the constituents of protein ...

(1867–1934), a Swedish-born American chemist *

Folin's reagent Folin's reagent or sodium 1,2-naphthoquinone-4-sulfonate is a chemical reagent used as a derivatizing agent to measure levels of amines and amino acids. The reagent reacts with them in alkaline solution to produce a fluorescent material that can ...

, a reagent to detect level of amines in amino acids * Haut-Folin, the highest point in the region of Burgundy on France * Léopold de Folin (1817–1896), a French oceanographer * a suffix found in natural phenol names (as in

punicafolin Punicafolin is an ellagitannin from the leaves of '' Punica granatum'' (pomegranate) and in ''Phyllanthus emblica ''Phyllanthus emblica'', also known as emblic, emblic myrobalan, myrobalan, Indian gooseberry, Malacca tree, or amla, from the San ...

taxifolin Taxifolin (5,7,3',4'-flavan-on-ol), also known as dihydroquercetin, belongs to the subclass flavanonols in the flavonoids, which in turn is a class of polyphenols. Stereocenters Taxifolin has two stereocenters on the C-ring, as opposed to quer ...

) to specify the leaf origin of the substance

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