sapogeninn.
/səˈpɒdʒɪnɪn/ Chemistry.
A crystalline compound obtained ‘by treating saponin with dilute mineral acids’. In modern use, a generic term for any of the steroid aglycones of the saponins.
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amygdalin1651
asparagine1813
ambrein1820
aloin1828
orcin1833
anemonin1838
guaranin1838
helenin1838
puteanic acid1838
styracin1838
alloxanic acid1839
roccelline1840
sinapisine1840
lilacine1842
syringin1843
orsellic acid1848
roccellinin1848
rhamnetin1858
sapogenin1862
frangulin1864
phycite1864
fisetin1865
nucin1866
phlorone1866
piperonal1869
apiol1872
stercorin1873
juglone1878
orcinol1880
kinoin1881
ursone1885
iridin1894
saponarin1902
sambunigrin1905
lepton1921
leuco-taxin1937
lotaustralin1938
ionophore1955
1862 H. Watts tr. L. Gmelin Hand-bk. Chem. XV. 53.
1917 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. 28 443 Hydrolysis [of a new saponin] yielded a sapogenin.
1955 Sci. Amer. Jan. 57/1 The steroid part of a saponin is called a sapogenin.
1977 W. H. Lewis & M. P. F. 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).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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