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Definition of Sapogenins
1. sapogenin [n] - See also: sapogenin
Medical Definition of Sapogenins
1. The aglucon moiety of a saponin molecule. It may be triterpenoid or steroid, usually spirostan, in nature. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sapogenins
Literary usage of Sapogenins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of Pharmacy by Henry Vinecome Arny (1917)
"Van der Haar has shown that the sapogenins, on distillation with zinc dust yield
terpene derivatives. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"They are hydrolysed by dilute acids to glucose, galactose, and active substances
termed sapogenins : the different saponins give different proportions of ..."
3. The Simple Carbohydrates and the Glucosides by Edward Frankland Armstrong (1919)
"On hydrolysis the saponins yield a variety of sugars (frequently several molecules
of carbohydrate), and physiologically active substances termed sapogenins ..."
4. The Simple Carbohydrates and the Glucosides by Edward Frankland Armstrong (1919)
"On hydrolysis the saponins yield a variety of sugars (frequently several molecules
of carbohydrate), and physiologically active substances termed sapogenins ..."
5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"... ACIDS STEROID HORMONES AND THEIR METABOLITES INTERMEDIATES OF THE PREGNANE
SERIES ANDROSTANE STEROIDS SAPONINS sapogenins CARDENOLIDES We are prepared ..."
6. The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher (1921)
"... galactose, arabinose, and sometimes fructose, and even other pentoses—and a
group of physiologically active substances, known as " sapogenins. ..."
7. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1913)
"... are hydrolysed by dilute acids to dextrose, galactose, pentoses and active
substances called sapogenins. They are mostly colloids and not dialysable. ..."
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