Tea saponin, a glycoside compound extracted from tea seeds, is an excellent natural nonionic active surfactants. After formulation, it can be widely used in pesticide, textile, daily chemical and architecture fields and so on as a natural surfactants.

Tea saponin is triterpenoid saponin substance abstracted from wild camellia fruit. The product tastes bitter and spicy.

It stimulates mucous membrane of nose to lead to sneeze. The pure product is fine white column-shape crystalloid with strong moisture absorption ability. It presents apparent acidity to methyl red and is hard to be dissolved in non-water methanol, non-water ethanol, and cannot be dissolved in organic dissolvent like acetone, benzene and petroleum ehter. It's easy to be dissolved in water, water-contained methanol, water-contained ethanol, glacial acetic acid, acetic anhydride and pyridine etc. The saponin is easy to deposit when tea saponin is added with muriatic acid. Its melting point: 224.

Tea saponin is not only effective in decontamination, foaming, emulsification, decentralization and saturation, but also can diminish inflammation, ease pain and resist epiphyte.

It is widely used in food, drink, chemical, medicine, pesticide, rubber, film, building materials, extinguished materials, hair care products, etc. Therefore tea saponin is also named as surfactant, detergent, pesticide, foaming agent and antiabrasive agent.