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senegin
(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.
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Senegin
(gcide) | Senegin \Sen"e*gin\, n. (Med. Chem.)
A substance extracted from the rootstock of the {Polygala
Senega} (Seneca root), and probably identical with polygalic
acid.
[1913 Webster] |
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Senegin
(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]Senegin \Sen"e*gin\, n. (Med. Chem.)
A substance extracted from the rootstock of the {Polygala
Senega} (Seneca root), and probably identical with polygalic
acid.
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