Definition of Sapogenin

1. n. A white crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of saponin.

Definition of Sapogenin

1. Noun. (organic compound) The steroid constituent of the glycoside ''saponin'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sapogenin

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Sapogenin

1. A white crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of saponin. Origin: Saponin + -gen + in. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sapogenin

sapients
sapindaceous
sapindus
sapless
saplessness
saplessnesses
saplike
sapling
saplings
sapo-
sapodilla
sapodilla family
sapodilla plum
sapodilla tree
sapodillas
sapogenin (current term)
sapogenins
sapon-
saponaceous
saponaceousness
saponacity
saponary
saponated
saponatus
saponic acid
saponifiable
saponification
saponification number
saponifications
saponified

Literary usage of Sapogenin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1864)
"According to this, only the crystals described under d are the true sapogenin, and the body described at page 58, vol. xv, must be regarded as a product of ..."

2. Introduction to the Study of Organic Chemistry by Adolf Pinner (1882)
"... dust of which causes the most violent sneezing. Its solution foams like a soap solution, even when greatly diluted. It breaks into sugar and sapogenin, ..."

3. The Simple Carbohydrates and the Glucosides by Edward Frankland Armstrong (1919)
"... shedding one molecule of sugar at a time, until finally the sapogenin, ... to four molecules of sugar (glucose and galactose) and a sapogenin, ..."

4. The Simple Carbohydrates and the Glucosides by Edward Frankland Armstrong (1919)
"... Saponaria officinalis ; on hydrolysis it gives a series of products, shedding one molecule of sugar at a time, until finally the sapogenin, ..."

5. Poisons, Their Effects and Detection: A Manual for the Use of Analytical by Alexander Wynter Blyth (1885)
"If saponin is boiled with dilute acid it breaks up into sapogenin and sugar, ... sapogenin may be separated by evaporating the neutralised liquid to ..."

6. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1913)
"... not precipitated by neutral lead acetate, having the characteristic properties of the group. It yields four molecules of sugar and a sapogenin, ..."

7. An Introduction to the Chemistry of Plant Products by Paul Haas, Thomas George Hill (1913)
"The nature of the sapogenin obtained from any particular saponin varies with the conditions of the hydrolysis; in some cases careful hydrolysis may yield a ..."

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