Concept information
Preferred term
Saponins
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Saponin
Scope note
- A type of glycoside widely distributed in plants. Each consists of a sapogenin as the aglycone 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.
In other languages
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Finnish
-
saponiini
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012503
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