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sapogenin Chem.|səˈpɒdʒɪnɪn|
[f. saponin) + -gen + -in. Coined in G. by P. A. Bolley 1854, in Ann. d. Chem. u. Pharm. XC. 216.]
A crystalline compound obtained ‘by treating saponin with dilute mineral acids’. In mod. use, a generic term for any of the steroid aglycones of the saponins.
1862Watts tr. Gmelin's Handbk. Chem. XV. 53. 1916 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. XXVIII. 443 Hydrolysis [of a new saponin] yielded a sapogenin. 1955Sci. Amer. Jan. 57/1 The steroid part of a saponin is called a sapogenin. 1977Lewis & Elvin-Lewis Med. Bot. ii. 19/2 Some of the plants having useful steroidal sapogenins include Dioscorea spp. (yams, Dioscoraceae), Agave spp., and Smilax spp. (Liliaceae). |