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单词 digitonin
释义

digitoninn.

Brit. /ˌdɪdʒᵻˈtəʊnɪn/, U.S. /ˌdɪdʒᵻˈtoʊnən/
Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Digitonin.
Etymology: < German Digitonin (O. Schmiedeberg 1875, in Arch. f. exper. Pathol. u. Pharmakol. 3 18) < digit- (in Digitalis digitalis n.) + -onin (in Saponin saponin n.). Compare slightly earlier digitin n.
Chemistry.
A polycyclic saponin obtained from the common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, used esp. as a clinical reagent for the determination of cholesterol levels in the blood.Formula: C56H92O29.
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1875 Pharm. Jrnl. & Trans. 5 742/1 Digitonin, an amorphous body, soluble in water.
1934 C. C. Steele Introd. Plant Biochem. ii. vi. 58 The sterols..can be purified by condensation with digitonin.
1962 New Scientist 19 July 158/2 Digitonin..combines with the cholesterol in animal fats, to form an insoluble complex.
2008 Environmental Health Perspectives 116 288 Some compounds, such as digitonin and the three rosaniline derivatives..produced cytotoxicity in all cell types.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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