Okay, so we know all about saponins – from yesterday’s post – so let’s take a look at sapogenins and how they differ.If you’ll recall from yesterday, a saponin contains two parts – the glycone, which is the sugar part, and the aglycone, which is the non-sugar part. When a saponin undergoes hydrolysis, the aglycone…
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