saponin metabolic process
id: GO:0016134
name: saponin metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving saponins, glycosides of plants in which the aglycan (sapogenin) group is a terpene or steroid and the sugar group is a glucose, a galactose, a pentose, a methylpentose or an oligosaccharide. Saponins are powerful surfactant agents and membrane active; they are, hence, toxic to animals on injection.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0016135 | saponin biosynthetic process |
| GO:0016136 | saponin catabolic process |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0006721 | terpenoid metabolic process |
| GO:0016128 | phytosteroid metabolic process |
| GO:0016137 | glycoside metabolic process |
