saponin

English

Etymology

sapon- +‎ -in

Noun

saponin (plural saponins)

1. (organic chemistry, biochemistry) Any of various steroid glycosides found in plant tissues that dissolve in water to give a soapy froth.
   • 1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, p. 111:

     “Saponins aren't absorbed by the intestines. You've got to get the stuff into the blood.”

Derived terms

• asteriosaponin
• saikosaponin
• soyasaponin

Translations

steroid glycoside

• Catalan: saponina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 皂苷 (zàogān)

• Esperanto: saponino
• Finnish: saponiini (fi)
• French: saponine (fr) f
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• Ido: saponino (io)
• Italian: saponina (it) f
• Portuguese: saponina (pt) f
• Russian: сапони́н (ru) m (saponín)
• Spanish: saponina f