Sapogenin

The chemical structure of yamogenin, a sapogenin found in fenugreek

Sapogenins are the aglycones, or non-saccharide, portions of the family of natural products known as saponins. Sapogenins contain steroid or other triterpene frameworks as their key organic feature. For example, steroidal sapogenins like tiggenin, neogitogenin, and tokorogenin have been isolated from the tubers of Chlorophytum arundinacelum.^{[citation needed]} Some steroidal sapogenins can serve as a practical starting point for the semisynthesis of particular steroid hormones.

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This organic chemistry article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Natural products Triterpenes Alcohols Organic chemistry stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР? List of U.S. swing states Placostylus porphyrostomus Look at other dictionaries: Sapogenin — Sa*pog e*nin, n. [Saponin + gen + in.] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of saponin. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English Sapogenīn — Sapogenīn, s. Saponine …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon Sapogenin — Sapogenīn, s. Saponin …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon sapogenin — ▪ chemical compound       any of a class of organic compounds occurring in many species of plants as derivatives of the steroid and the triterpenoid groups in the form of their glycosides, the saponins (q.v.). A similar group of steroid compounds …   Universalium sapogenin — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary saponin + genin (compound formed from another compound) Date: circa 1862 a nonsugar portion of a saponin that is typically obtained by hydrolysis, has either a complex terpenoid or a steroidal… …   New Collegiate Dictionary sapogenin — noun The steroid constituent of the glycoside saponin …   Wiktionary sapogenin — The aglycon of a saponin; one of a family of steroids of the spirostan type (a 16,22:22,26 diepoxycholestane). * * * sa·po·ge·nin .sap ə jen ən, sə päj ə nən n a nonsugar portion of a saponin that is typically obtained by hydrolysis, has either a …   Medical dictionary Sapogenin — Sa|po|ge|nin [↑ Saponin u. ↑ genin], das; s, e: Sammelbez. für die Aglykone der Saponine, z. B. Digitogenin u. Diosgenin als Steroid S. u. die Amyrine u. Oleanolsäure als Triterpenoid Sapogenine …   Universal-Lexikon sapogenin — sap·o·gen·in …   English syllables sapogenin — ˌsapəˈjenə̇n; səˈpäjənə̇n, ˌnēn noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary saponin + genin : the nonsugar portion of a saponin obtained by hydrolysis or in a few cases found free in plants and characterized by either a triterp …   Useful english dictionary 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”