Definition of Smilacin. Meaning of Smilacin. Synonyms of Smilacin

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Definition of Smilacin

Smilacin
Smilacin Smil"a*cin, n. [Cf. F. similacine. See Smilax.] (Chem.) See Parrilin.
smilacin
Parillin Pa*ril"lin, n. [Shortened fr. sarsaparillin.] (Chem.) A glucoside resembling saponin, found in the root of sarsaparilla, smilax, etc., and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance; -- called also smilacin, sarsaparilla saponin, and sarsaparillin.

Meaning of Smilacin from wikipedia

- reported from various greenbrier species are parillin (also sarsaparillin or smilacin), sarsapic acid, sarsapogenin and sarsaponin.[citation needed] Due to the...
- that an extract from sarsaparilla called pariglina and another substance smilacin reported by Giacomo Folchi were essentially the same. In 1848 he examined...