Look up: saponin

1. saponin
   [n] - any of various plant glucosides that form soapy lathers when mixed and agitated with water
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2. Saponin
   Any plant glycoside with soapy action that can be digested to yield a sugar and a sapogenin aglycone.
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3. Saponin
   A glycoside compound in plants, which, when shaken with water, has a foaming or 'soapy' action.
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4. saponin
   a class of substances that have foaming properties in solution:found in a variety of plants,including a few trees Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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5. saponin
   Glycosidic surfactants produced by plant cells. Used to solubilize membrane proteins etc.
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6. Saponin
   Sap'o·nin noun [ Latin sapo , - onis soap: confer French saponine .] (Chemistry) A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of soapwort ( Saponaria ), in the bark of soap bark ( Quillaia ), etc. ...
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7. saponin
   Glycosidic surfactants produced by plant cells. Used to solubilise membrane proteins etc. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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8. saponin
   noun any of various plant glucosides that form soapy lathers when mixed and agitated with water; used in detergents and foaming agents and emulsifiers
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9. saponin
   (sap´o-nin) any of a group of glycosides widely distributed in the plant world; they are powerful surfactants, form durable foam when their watery solutions are shaken, and can dissolve erythrocytes even when highly diluted.
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10. Saponin
    • (n.) A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of soapwort (Saponaria), in the bark of soap bark (Quillaia), etc. It is extracted as a white amorphous powder, which occasions a soapy lather in solution, and produces a local anaesthesia. Formerly called also struthiin, quillai...
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11. saponin
    any of numerous substances, occurring in plants, that form stable foams with water, including the constituents of digitalis and squill that affect ... [2 related articles]
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12. saponin
    saponin Any of a group of chemical substances (glucosides) extracted from plants that form a soapy lather when mixed with water and are used to make detergents.
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13. saponin
    saponin: see soap plant.
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14. Saponin
    Saponin is the vegetable principle contained in the common soapwort, quillaia bark, horse chestnut and other plants. It dissolves in water, making a lathery solution which possesses cleansing properties.
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15. saponin
    A substance found in soybeans and many other plants. Saponins may help lower cholesterol and may have anticancer effects.
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16. Saponin
    `Saponins` are a class of chemical compounds, one of many secondary metabolites found in natural sources, with saponins found in particular abundance in various plant species. More specifically, they are amphipathic glycosides grouped, in terms of phenomenology, by the soap-like foaming they produce...
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