Saponin meaning in Urdu & English |
جوہَر صابونِیَہ ۔ صابُن کا جوہَر رَکھنے والی شَکَّروں میں سے کوئی ۔
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English to English Dictionary
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(1) - Saponin (n.) A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of soapwort (Saponaria), in the bark of soap bark (Quillaia), etc. It is extracted as a white amorphous powder, which occasions a soapy lather in solution, and produces a local anaesthesia. Formerly called also struthiin, quillaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension, any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the type.
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