Simplified Chinese Meaning of saponin

皂角苷

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saponin (n)

any of various plant glucosides that form soapy lathers when mixed and agitated with water; used in detergents and foaming agents and emulsifiers

Webster

saponin (n.)

A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of soapwort (Saponaria), in the bark of soap bark (Quillaia), etc. It is extracted as a white amorphous powder, which occasions a soapy lather in solution, and produces a local anaesthesia. 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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皂角苷

any of various plant glucosides that form soapy lathers when mixed and agitated with water; used in detergents and foaming agents and emulsifiersA poisonous glu

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saponifying => 皂化的, saponify => 皂化, saponifier => 皂化物, saponified => 皂化的, saponification => 皂化,