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Saponin

Name: Saponin
Brand: SIGMA

Molecular Biology, used as non-ionic surfactant

Synonym(s):

Glycosides, Saponins

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About This Item

CAS Number:

8047-15-2

UNSPSC Code:

12161900

NACRES:

NA.25

EC Number:

232-462-6

MDL number:

MFCD00081981

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Properties

grade

Molecular Biology

Quality Segment

200

mol wt

1000-2000 g/mol

composition

Sapogenin, 8-25%

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable, protein quantification: suitable

CMC

0.001-0.01%

density

1.015-1.020 g/mL at 20 °C (5% in H₂O)(lit.)

foreign activity

DNase, RNase, Protease, Phosphatase, none detected

SMILES string

C[C@]1(CCC23COC4([C@H]2C1)CC[C@@H]5[C@]6(CC[C@@H](C(C6CC[C@]5([C@@]4(C[C@H]3O)C)C)(C)C)O[C@H]7[C@@H]([C@H]([C@H](CO7)O[C@H]8[C@@H]([C@H]([C@@H](CO8)O)O)O)O[C@@H]9[C@@H]([C@H]([C@@H]([C@H](O9)CO)O)O)O)O[C@H]1[C@@H]([C@H]([C@@H]([C@H](O1)CO)O)O)O[C@@H]1[C@@H]([C@H]([C@@H]([C@H](O1)CO)O)O)O)C)C=O

InChI

1S/C58H94O27/c1-52(2)29-7-11-55(5)30(8-12-58-31-15-53(3,22-62)13-14-57(31,23-77-58)32(64)16-56(55,58)6)54(29,4)10-9-33(52)82-50-46(85-51-45(40(71)37(68)27(19-61)80-51)84-49-43(74)39(70)36(67)26(18-60)79-49)44(83-48-42(73)38(69)35(66)25(17-59)78-48)28(21-76-50)81-47-41(72)34(65)24(63)20-75-47/h22,24-51,59-61,63-74H,7-21,23H2,1-6H3/t24-,25-,26-,27-,28+,29?,30-,31+,32-,33+,34+,35-,36-,37-,38+,39+,40+,41-,42-,43-,44+,45-,46-,47+,48-,49-,50+,51+,53-,54+,55-,56+,57?,58?/m1/s1

InChI key

MAEBCGDGGATMSC-OSHGGGOQSA-N

Description

General description

Saponins are a large family of amphiphilic glycosides of steroids and triterpenes. Saponins are found in many plants and are localized especially in the root, tuber, bark, leaves, seed, and fruit. They are also present in some animals, like sea cucumber.

Application

Glycoside used as a nonionic sufactant and adjuvant in vaccine development.

Saponin has been used:

in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) to block cells for immunocytochemistry and confocal microscopy
to permeabilize cells for measuring total mitochondrial mass
as an internal control to extract saponin Holothuria nobilis Selenka

Biochem/physiol Actions

Saponins are nonionic surfactant that forms oil-in-water emulsions and acts as a protective colloid. They are used for the direct determination of metals in milk by flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry.

Saponins exhibit anti-tumor, antimicrobial, and anti-herbivore activity. They may also play a key role in plant defense. Saponins also possess several pharmaceutical properties, like anti-inflammatory, antifungal, antibacterial, anti-parasitic, and antiviral activities. Saponins can regulate rhizosphere bacteria in the soil.

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pictograms

GHS07

signalword

Warning

hcodes

H319,H335

pcodes

P261 - P264 - P271 - P280 - P304 + P340 + P312 - P305 + P351 + P338

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c