saponin

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sapon- +‎ -in

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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, page 111:
      “Saponins aren't absorbed by the intestines. You've got to get the stuff into the blood.”
    • 2015, Beth Terry, Plastic-Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too‎[1], Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
      Soapnuts are the dried fruit of a tree called Sapindus mukorossi (Chinese Soapberry) and contain saponin, a natural surfactant that foams just like soap.

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