Betulin
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Through Bark (botany), Sun and Germany
The compound in the bark gives the tree its white color which appears to protect the tree from mid-winter overheating by the sun. As a result, birches are some of the northernmost occurring deciduous trees.
History
Betulin was discovered in 1788 by German-Russian chemist Johann Tobias Lowitz.
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Chemistry
Chemically, betulin is a triterpenoid of lupane structure. It has a pentacyclic ring structure, and hydroxyl groups in positions C3 and C28.
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