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sap·o·gen·in
\ˌsapəˈjenə̇n; səˈpäjənə̇n, -ˌnēn\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary saponin + -genin
: the nonsugar portion of a saponin obtained by hydrolysis or in a few cases found free in plants and characterized by either a triterpenoid usually pentacyclic structure (as in quillaic acid) or by a steroid structure usually having a spiro acetal side chain (as in diosgenin)
< interest in the steroidal sapogenins has been increasing in recent years because of their usefulness as starting materials in the synthesis of steroidal hormones — Stephen Kaufmann > |