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Saponins: Glycosides of plant origin characterized by the properties of foaming in water and of lysing cells (as in hemolysis of erythrocytes when saponins are injected into the bloodstream); powerful surfactants; many have antibiotic activities.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Saponins: Sapogenin glycosides. A type of glycoside widely distributed in plants. Each consists of a sapogenin as the aglycon moiety, and a sugar. The sapogenin may be a steroid or a triterpene and the sugar may be glucose, galactose, a pentose, or a methylpentose. Sapogenins are poisonous towards the lower forms of life and are powerful hemolytics when injected into the blood stream able to dissolve red blood cells at even extreme dilutions.
Source: MeSH 2007
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