to undergo or cause to undergo a process in which a fat is converted into a soap by treatment with alkali
2.
to undergo or cause to undergo a reaction in which an ester is hydrolysed to an acid and an alcohol as a result of treatment with an alkali
Derived forms
saponifiable (saˈponiˌfiable)
adjective
saponifier (saˈponiˌfier)
noun
saponification (saˌponifiˈcation)
noun
Word origin
C19: from French saponifier, from Latin sāpōsoap
Examples of 'saponified' in a sentence
saponified
The saponified samples were cooled at room temperature for 25 min.
Ramachandran Shalini, Abdul Razack Nazar, Mohideen Abdul Badhul Haq, Selvaraju Shanker 2013, 'Biochemical changes of Litopenaeus vannamei and Fenneropenaeus indicus in the differentstages of WSSV infection', Journal of Coastal Life Medicinehttp://www.jclmm.com/qk/20131/4.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These extracts were saponified and partitioned in n-hexane.
Daniel Barroso de Alencar, Kelma Maria dos Santos Pires-Cavalcante, Jefferson Pablode Souza Saboya, Márcia Barbosa de Sousa, Wladimir Ronald Lobo Farias, Silvana Saker-Sampaio 2011, 'Teores de β-caroteno em suplementos e biomassa de Spirulina Contents of β-carotenein supplements and biomass of Spirulina', Ciência e Agrotecnologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-70542011000200021. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Using the developed method, the concentration of cholesterol in the saponified and unsaponified egg yolk sample was determined.
Jinu John, Ankit Reghuwanshi, Usha K. Aravind, C.T. Aravindakumar 2015, 'Development and validation of a high-performance thin layer chromatography methodfor the determination of cholesterol concentration', Journal of Food and Drug Analysishttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1021949814000830. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
1b was saponified for 30 min and then acidified to form 1c, and the yield of 1c was 96%.
Yu-Ping Liu, Hai-Tao Chen, De-Cai Yin, Bao-Guo Sun 2010, 'Rapid Synthesis of Flavor Compound 4-Ethyloctanoic Acid under Microwave Irradiation',International Journal of Molecular Scienceshttp://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/11/10/4165/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
By the presence of a small amount of water, the mixture will be saponified and become the calcium soap.
Handojo Lienda, Indarto Antonius, Shofinita Dian, Saadi Muhammad, Yulistia Dea, HasyyatiFathinah 2019, 'Calcium soap from palm fatty acid distillate for ruminant feed: Calcium oxide particlessize', MATEC Web of Conferenceshttps://www.matec-conferences.org/articles/matecconf/pdf/2019/17/matecconf_rsce18_03001.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)