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Definition of Saponin
1. Noun. Any of various plant glucosides that form soapy lathers when mixed and agitated with water; used in detergents and foaming agents and emulsifiers.
Definition of Saponin
1. 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 anæsthesia. Formerly called also struthiin, quillaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension, any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the type.
Definition of Saponin
1. Noun. (context: organic chemistry steroid) Any of various steroid glycosides found in plant tissues that dissolve in water to give a soapy froth. ¹
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Definition of Saponin
1. a soapy substance obtained from plants [n -S]
Medical Definition of Saponin
1. Glycosidic surfactants produced by plant cells. Used to solubilise membrane proteins etc. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saponin
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