- digitonin
- noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary digit- (from New Latin Digitalis) + saponin Date: 1875 a steroid saponin C56H92O29 occurring in the leaves and seeds of the common foxglove
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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Digitonin — Other names digitin Identifiers … Wikipedia
Digitonin — Strukturformel Allgemeines Name Digitonin Andere Namen Digiti … Deutsch Wikipedia
Digitonin — Di|gi|to|nin [Kurzw. aus nlat. Digitalis = Fingerhut (Bot.) u. ↑ Saponin] ein giftiges, nicht herzwirksames Glykosid (↑ Saponin) aus einem Spirostan Derivat (Digitogenin) u. einem Pentasaccharid aus Xylose u. je zwei Molekülen Galaktose u.… … Universal-Lexikon
digitonin — digitoninas statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Steroidinis augalų glikozidas, saponinas. atitikmenys: angl. digitonin rus. дигитонин … Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
digitonin reaction — the formation of a precipitate on treating a sterol, such as cholesterol or ergosterol, with digitonin; employed to define cholesterol esters which do not precipitate in total serum cholesterol determinations … Medical dictionary
digitonin — See saponin … Dictionary of molecular biology
digitonin — noun A glycoside, obtained from Digitalis purpurea, that is used as a detergent and whose aglycone is digitogenin … Wiktionary
digitonin — 1. A steroid glycoside obtained from Digitalis purpurea that has no cardiac action; used as a reagent in the determination of plasma cholesterol and steroids having a 3 hydroxyl group in beta … Medical dictionary
digitonin — dig·i·to·nin … English syllables
digitonin — ˈtōnə̇n noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary digit (from New Latin Digitalis) + onin (as in saponin) : a crystalline steroid saponin C56H92O29 occurring in the leaves and seeds of purple foxglove … Useful english dictionary
