saponin meaning
Noun: saponin sapunin
- Any of various plant glucosides that form soapy lathers when mixed and agitated with water; used in detergents and foaming agents and emulsifiers
Derived forms: saponins
Type of: glucoside
Encyclopedia: Saponin
[Medicine]
Sapogenin glycosides. A type of glycoside widely distributed in plants. Each consists of a sapogenin as the aglycon moiety,and a sugar. The sapogenin may be a steroid or a triterpene and the sugar may be glucose,galactose,a pentose,or a methylpentose. Sapogenins are poisonous towards the lower forms of life and are powerful hemolytics when injected into the blood stream able to dissolve red blood cells at even extreme dilutions. n : any of various mostly toxic glucosides that occur in plants (as soapbark) and are characterized by the property of producing a soapy lather; esp : a hygroscopic amorphous saponin mixture used esp. as a foaming and emulsifying agent and detergent
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Examples
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