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  • n  any of various plant glucosides that form soapy lathers when mixed and agitated with water; used in detergents and foaming agents and emulsifiers

  • The vaccine is then mixed with saponin, a soaplike derivative from a South American tree.
  • A vaccine developed at Memorial Sloan-Kettering binds a protein from a limpet to seven different types of sugars and a protein fragment found only on cancer cells, and saponin, a .
  • A small blood sample is dropped into a tube containing a solution of potassium phosphate, sodium dithionite and saponin.

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