Sapogenins

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the sapogenin yamogenin

Sapogenins are chemical compounds from the group of triterpenes . Sapogenins are the aglycones of saponins , e.g. B. from the Chilean soap tree Quillaja saponaria . Examples of sapogenins are quillaic , Gypsogenin , yamogenin Tiggenin , Neogitogenin , Tokorogenin , diosgenin , Hecogenin or digitogenin .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ W. Karrer: Constitution and occurrence of organic plant substances (excluding alkaloids). Springer-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-034-85142-8 , p. 817.
  2. ↑ Roland Hardman, Ezekiel Abayomi Sofowora: Isolation and characterization of yamogenin from balanites aegyptiaca . In: Phytochemistry . 9, No. 3, March 1970, pp. 645-649. doi : 10.1016 / S0031-9422 (00) 85706-4 .