Definitions for saponins

saponins sap·o·nin

Spelling: [sap-uh-nin]
IPA: /ˈsæp ə nɪn/

Saponins is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 201 anagrams from letters in saponins (ainnopss).

Definitions for saponins

noun

  1. 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.

Origin of saponins

1825-35; French saponine Latin sāpōn- (stem of sāpō) soap + French -ine -in2

Examples for saponins

It may be readily distinguished from saponin by treating a watery solution with sulphuric or hydrochloric acid.

The plane of saponin passes from the liliaceæ and allied groups to the rosales and higher dicotyledons.

saponin is found in both of these plants, as well as in many other plants of the leguminosæ.

The author has studied the general action of saponin on kittens, insects, and infusoria.

The systolic stillness of the heart is also removed by substances which paralyse the heart, as delphinin, saponin, and apomorphin.

It contains a saponin and an acrid resin, and is said to possess expectorant, diaphoretic and—​in large doses—​emetic properties.

The action of saponin when applied in concentrated solution to flies is that of an intense irritant.

The saponin separated from Saponaria, and from the corn cockle will be here described.

A solution of saponin exposed to the air gets turbid, and develops carbon dioxide; not unfrequently the solution becomes mouldy.

The list42 of plants in which saponin has been discovered is given in the note.

Word Value for saponins
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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