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SAPOGENINE [1 record]

Record 1 2008-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
DEF

[A] class of organic compounds occurring in many species of plants as derivatives of the steroid and the triterpenoid groups in the form of their glycosides, the saponins.

OBS

Nucleus of nonsugar residue of saponin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
CONT

L'hydrolyse d'une saponine par l'action d'un acide ou d'enzymes produit un sucre (souvent, mais pas toujours, le glucose) et une sapogénine, cette dernière étant soit un triterpène, soit un stéroïde.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
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