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sar·men·to·gen·in

n :  a crystalline steroid lactone C23H34O5 closely related to digitoxigenin, found in several plants of the genus Strophanthus, obtained esp. by hydrolysis of sarmentocymarin, and used in a synthesis of cortisone .
 
   

 
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