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Definition of Saponins

1. saponin [n] - See also: saponin

Medical Definition of Saponins

1. 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 haemolytics when injected into the blood stream able to dissolve red blood cells at even extreme dilutions. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saponins

Literary usage of Saponins

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

1. Laboratory manual for the detection of poisons and powerful drugs by Wilhelm Autenrieth (1921)
"saponins The term saponins, or saponin substances, includes a large number of gluco- side-likc bodies of widespread occurrence in the vegetable kingdom and ..."

2. Laboratory Manual for the Detection of Poisons and Powerful Drugs by Wilhelm Autenrieth, William Homer Warren (1915)
"saponins The term saponins, or saponin substances, includes a large number of gluco- side-like bodies of widespread occurrence in the vegetable kingdom and ..."

3. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1917)
"Schmiedeberg calls these decomposition products "saponins," and all the ... Others apply this name to the more toxic saponins (Review, Kobert, 1014). ..."

4. A Manual of pharmacology and its applications to therapeutics and toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1917)
"Schmiedeberg calls these decomposition products "saponins," and all the ... Others apply thit name to the more toxic saponins (Review, Kobert, 1914). ..."

5. Laboratory manual for the detection of poisons and powerful drugs by Wilhelm Autenrieth (1921)
"When this can be accomplished, the nature of the poison can always be established beyond question. saponins The term saponins, or saponin substances, ..."

6. The Examination of Hydrocarbon Oils and of Saponifiable Fats and Waxes by David Holde (1922)
"... power is nullified by alcohol though increased by alkali. saponins have the power of emulsifying fat, their detergent action being due to this property. ..."

7. A Treatise on Pharmacy for Students and Pharmacists by Charles Caspari (1916)
"but not all, saponins are precipitated from their solutions by addition of a saturated ... The latter body, which is not identical for all saponins, ..."

8. A Treatise on Pharmacy for Students and Pharmacists by Charles Caspari, Evander Francis Kelly (1920)
"but not all, saponins are precipitated from their solutions by addition of a saturated ... The latter body, which is not identical for all saponins, ..."

9. Laboratory manual for the detection of poisons and powerful drugs by Wilhelm Autenrieth (1921)
"saponins The term saponins, or saponin substances, includes a large number of gluco- side-likc bodies of widespread occurrence in the vegetable kingdom and ..."

10. Laboratory Manual for the Detection of Poisons and Powerful Drugs by Wilhelm Autenrieth, William Homer Warren (1915)
"saponins The term saponins, or saponin substances, includes a large number of gluco- side-like bodies of widespread occurrence in the vegetable kingdom and ..."

11. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1917)
"Schmiedeberg calls these decomposition products "saponins," and all the ... Others apply this name to the more toxic saponins (Review, Kobert, 1014). ..."

12. A Manual of pharmacology and its applications to therapeutics and toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1917)
"Schmiedeberg calls these decomposition products "saponins," and all the ... Others apply thit name to the more toxic saponins (Review, Kobert, 1914). ..."

13. Laboratory manual for the detection of poisons and powerful drugs by Wilhelm Autenrieth (1921)
"When this can be accomplished, the nature of the poison can always be established beyond question. saponins The term saponins, or saponin substances, ..."

14. The Examination of Hydrocarbon Oils and of Saponifiable Fats and Waxes by David Holde (1922)
"... power is nullified by alcohol though increased by alkali. saponins have the power of emulsifying fat, their detergent action being due to this property. ..."

15. A Treatise on Pharmacy for Students and Pharmacists by Charles Caspari (1916)
"but not all, saponins are precipitated from their solutions by addition of a saturated ... The latter body, which is not identical for all saponins, ..."

16. A Treatise on Pharmacy for Students and Pharmacists by Charles Caspari, Evander Francis Kelly (1920)
"but not all, saponins are precipitated from their solutions by addition of a saturated ... The latter body, which is not identical for all saponins, ..."

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