senegin
(ˈsɛnɪgɪn)
Also 9 seneg(u)ine.
[f. senega + -in.]
An amorphous glucoside, consisting of sapogenin and sugar, obtained from senega.
| 1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 146 A peculiar vegetable principle, called Senegin, has been discovered by Gehlen in the root of Polygala senega. 1845 W. Gregory Outl. Chem. ii. 459 Seneguine is an acrid..substance, found in Polygala senega. 1853 Royle Man. Mat. Med. (ed. 2) 329 The Polygalic acid, Senegine of Gehlen, and Polygaline of others. |