saponin

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Noun

saponin (plural saponins)

1. (organic chemistry, steroid) Any of various steroid glycosides found in plant tissues that dissolve in water to give a soapy froth.
   • 1985, Wade Davis (anthropologist), The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, p. 111:

     “Saponins aren't absorbed by the intestines. You've got to get the stuff into the blood.”

Translations

• French: saponine
• Italian: saponina
• Portuguese: saponina
• Russian: сапони́н
• Spanish: saponina

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