Chem. Also 9 strutheine. [f. mod.L. (Gypsophila) Struthi-um the oriental soapwort, one of the sources of the substance (ad. Gr. ot στρουθίον soapwort): see -IN.] = SAPONIN.
1835. R. D. & T. Thomson’s Rec. Gen. Sci., I. 203. Bley has obtained from the root of the gypsophila struthium … a substance which he terms Struthiin.
1852. Brande, Dict. Sci., etc. Suppl., Strutheine.
1868. Watts, Dict. Chem., V. 438.
