| slovo | definícia |
saponin
(encz) | saponin,saponin n: Zdeněk Brož |
saponin
(czen) | saponin,saponinn: Zdeněk Brož |
Saponin
(gcide) | Saponin \Sap"o*nin\, n. [L. sapo, -onis soap: cf. F. saponine.]
(Chem.)
A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of
soapwort (Saponaria officinalis), in the bark of soap bark
(Quillaja saponaria), etc. It is extracted as a white
amorphous powder, which produces a soapy lather in solution,
and produces a local anaesthesia. It is used as a detergent
and for emulsifying oils. Formerly called also struthiin,
quillaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension,
any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper
is the type.
[1913 Webster + PJC] |
saponin
(wn) | saponin
n 1: any of various plant glucosides that form soapy lathers
when mixed and agitated with water; used in detergents and
foaming agents and emulsifiers |
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saponin
(encz) | saponin,saponin n: Zdeněk Brož |
saponin
(czen) | saponin,saponinn: Zdeněk Brož |
sarsaparilla saponin
(gcide) | Parillin \Pa*ril"lin\, n. [Shortened fr. sarsaparillin.] (Chem.)
A glucoside resembling saponin, found in the root of
sarsaparilla, smilax, etc., and extracted as a bitter white
crystalline substance; -- called also smilacin,
sarsaparilla saponin, and sarsaparillin.
[1913 Webster] |
saponin
(wn) | saponin
n 1: any of various plant glucosides that form soapy lathers
when mixed and agitated with water; used in detergents and
foaming agents and emulsifiers |
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