saponin 的定义
Biochemistry.
- any of a group of amorphous glycosides of terpenes and steroids, occurring in many plants, characterized by an ability to form emulsions and to foam in aqueous solutions, and used as detergents.
更多saponin例句
- He also found saponin in the seeds, but it exists in much greater quantity in the trunk.
- It contains a saponin and an acrid resin, and is said to possess expectorant, diaphoretic and—in large doses—emetic properties.
- It is true that Boehm whom Hartung cites, found saponin to be irritating, but Boehm states that it required 100 mg.
- Digitonin and digito-saponin are glucosides of this type which are found in the extracts from various species of Digitalis.
- Saponin is found in both of these plants, as well as in many other plants of the leguminosæ.