Sapogenins are the aglycones, or non-saccharide, portions of the family of natural products known as saponins. Sapogenins contain steroid or other triterpene frameworks as their key organic feature. For example, steroidal sapogenins like tiggenin, neogitogenin, and tokorogenin have been isolated from the tubers of Chlorophytum arundinacelum. Some ...
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• (n.) A white crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of saponin.
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any of a class of organic compounds occurring in many species of plants as derivatives of the steroid and the triterpenoid groups in the form of ...
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Sa·pog'e·nin noun [
Sapo nin +
-gen +
-in .]
(Chemistry) A white crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of saponin.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: să-poj′ĕ-nin Definitions: 1. The aglycon of a saponin; one of a family of steroids of the spirostan type (a 16,22:22,26-diepoxycholestane).
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