parillin

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A crystalline glucoside, C₄₀H₇₀O₁₈, found in sarsaparilla root, of which it is the active principle. It melts, with decomposition, at 210° C., and yields sugar and parigenin when hydrolyzed with dilute acids. It slows the action of the heart. Also called parillic or parillinic acid, saliseparin, salseparisin.

Wiktionary

1. n. sarsaparillin

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (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.