Tea saponin, also known as tea saponin, is a kind of glycoside compound extracted from tea seed (tea seed, tea seed). It is a kind of natural surfactant with good performance. It can be widely used in light industry, chemical industry, Pesticide, feed, aquaculture, textile, oil production, mining, building materials and highway construction.
Manufacture of emulsifiers, detergents, pesticide additives, feed additives, crab and shrimp culture protection agents, textile auxiliaries, oil field foaming agents, mining flotation agents, and aerated concrete foam stabilizers and concrete admixtures - antifreeze.
Tea saponin belongs to the triterpenoid saponin, which has bitter and spicy taste and stimulates the nasal mucosa to cause sneezing. The pure product is white fine columnar crystal, which is highly hygroscopic, acidic to methyl red, difficult to dissolve in anhydrous methanol, ethanol, insoluble. It is soluble in aqueous methanol, aqueous ethanol, glacial acetic acid, acetic anhydride, pyridine, etc. in organic solvents such as diethyl ether, acetone, benzene and petroleum ether. Hydrochloric acid is added to the tea saponin solution, and when it is acidic, the saponin precipitates. Melting point: 224℃。
