1) Glucoside
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Saponins are a class of chemical compounds found in particular abundance in various plant species. More specifically, they are amphipathic glycosides grouped phenomenologically by the soap-like foaming they produce when shaken in aqueous solutions, and structurally by having one or more hydrophilic glycoside moieties combined with a lipophilic tri...
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• (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, quillaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension, an...
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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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A substance found in soybeans and many other plants. Saponins may help lower cholesterol and may have anticancer effects.
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A glycoside compound in plants, which, when shaken with water, has a foaming or 'soapy' action.
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Glycosidic surfactants produced by plant cells. Used to solubilise membrane proteins etc. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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(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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Glycosidic surfactants produced by plant cells. Used to solubilize membrane proteins etc.
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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. It is extracted as a white amorphous powder, which...
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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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Any plant glycoside with soapy action that can be digested to yield a sugar and a sapogenin aglycone.
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n] - any of various plant glucosides that form soapy lathers when mixed and agitated with water
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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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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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