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/sˈæpənˌɪn/
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NOUN
- any of various plant glucosides that form soapy lathers when mixed and agitated with water; used in detergents and foaming agents and emulsifiers
How To Use saponin In A Sentence
- Investigating extraction method with organic reagent, we use adsorb resin column to extract soybean saponin.
- Licorice contains a host of ingredients including one called saponin which contains the chemical glycyrrhizin. High Blood Pressure and Some Causes.
- Rinse quinoa in cold water twice so it's free of saponin, quinoa's natural bitter coating. Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: Enough Already -- Busting the Myth of Plant-Based Protein Deficiency
- It may be suggested that saponin is thus a constructive element in developing the plant from the multiplicity of floral elements to the cephalization of those organs. Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887
- This is an important step since quinoa contains a phytochemical called saponin, which has a bitter taste if not well rinsed. The Rice Diet Solution
- Bouncing Bet has long been used as a cleaning agent because the roots contain saponin, which lathers with water.
- Both the roots and leaves of the Soapwort contain saponin and when stirred in water produce a lather which may be used for washing.
- ConclusionEffective constituents of Musa basjoo Sieb. et Zucc may be steroidal saponins, carbohydrate, tannin.
- The vaccine is then mixed with saponin, a soaplike derivative from a South American tree.
- Instead, they harvest their own, store it and then prepare it by hand, a painstaking process that includes washing away the resinlike saponin coating that protects the seeds. NYT > Home Page