CHEBI:26605 - saponin

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ChEBI Name saponin
ChEBI ID CHEBI:26605
Definition A glycoside that is a compound containing one or more hydrophilic glycoside moieties combined with a lipophilic triterpenoid or steroid derivative. Found in particular abundance in plant species.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Submitter Jane Lomax
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:60583
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): metabolite
Any intermediate or product resulting from metabolism. The term 'metabolite' subsumes the classes commonly known as primary and secondary metabolites.
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing saponin (CHEBI:26605) has functional parent sapogenin (CHEBI:26606)
saponin (CHEBI:26605) has role metabolite (CHEBI:25212)
saponin (CHEBI:26605) is a glycoside (CHEBI:24400)
Incoming esculeoside A (CHEBI:65866) is a saponin (CHEBI:26605)
steroid saponin (CHEBI:61655) is a saponin (CHEBI:26605)
triterpenoid saponin (CHEBI:61778) is a saponin (CHEBI:26605)
Synonyms Sources
sapogenin glycoside ChEBI
sapogenin glycosides ChEBI
saponins ChEBI
Last Modified
12 April 2013