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sar·sa·sapo·gen·in (sahr″sə-sap″o-jenґin) a steroid sapogenin from sarsaparilla.Medical dictionary. 2011.
sarsasapogenin — noun A sapogenin found in the Chinese medicinal herb Rhizoma anemarrhenae … Wiktionary
sarsasapogenin — sar·sa·sap·o·gen·in … English syllables
sarsasapogenin — ˌsasəˌsapəˈjenə̇n, ˌsärs , ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ səˈpäjənə̇n noun ( s) Etymology: sarsasaponin + genin : a crystalline steroid sapogenin C27H44O3 obtained especially by hydrolysis of sarsasaponin … Useful english dictionary
Marker degradation — The Marker degradation is a three step synthetic route in steroid chemistry developed by American chemist Russell Earl Marker in 1938–40. It is used for the production of cortisone and mammalian sex hormones (progesterone, estradiol, etc.) from… … Wikipedia
sarsaparilla — The dried root of Smilax aristolochiaefolia (Mexican s.), S. regelii (Honduras s.), S. febrifuga (Ecuadorian s.), or of undetermined species of Smilax (family Liliaceae), a thorny vine widely distributed throughout the tropical and semitropical… … Medical dictionary
