Ebook: Saponins in Food, Feedstuffs and Medicinal Plants

Saponins are glycosides of triterpenes, steroids or steroidal alkaloids. They can be found in plants and marine organisms. Very diverse biological activities are ascribed to saponins and they play important roles in food, animal feedstuffs, and pharmaceutical properties. This volume provides a selection of recent work on saponins presented at a symposium in Pulawy, Poland, in 1999. Many different aspects are treated: analysis, separation, biological activities, relevant use in human and animal nutrition, and ecological significance. This book will be of use to researchers both in universities and industry.

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Saponins are glycosides of triterpenes, steroids or steroidal alkaloids. They can be found in plants and marine organisms. Very diverse biological activities are ascribed to saponins and they play important roles in food, animal feedstuffs, and pharmaceutical properties. This volume provides a selection of recent work on saponins presented at a symposium in Pulawy, Poland, in 1999. Many different aspects are treated: analysis, separation, biological activities, relevant use in human and animal nutrition, and ecological significance. This book will be of use to researchers both in universities and industry.

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Saponins are glycosides of triterpenes, steroids or steroidal alkaloids. They can be found in plants and marine organisms. Very diverse biological activities are ascribed to saponins and they play important roles in food, animal feedstuffs, and pharmaceutical properties. This volume provides a selection of recent work on saponins presented at a symposium in Pulawy, Poland, in 1999. Many different aspects are treated: analysis, separation, biological activities, relevant use in human and animal nutrition, and ecological significance. This book will be of use to researchers both in universities and industry.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Analysis and Isolation of Saponins from Plant Material....Pages 1-12
Bioactive Saponins from Some Plants Used in Indian Traditional Medicine....Pages 13-23
Micro-Extraction and Characterization of Saponins in Peanut Meal and Soybean Flour Using HPLC and FAB Mass Spectrometry....Pages 25-33
LC-MS and LC-MS/MS Analysis of Saponins and Sapogenins — Comparison of Ionization Techniques and Their Usefulness in Compound Identification....Pages 35-41
Separation of Alfalfa (Medicago Sativa L.) Saponins as Their Borate Complexes by Capillary Electrophoresis....Pages 43-56
Single Run HPLC Separation of Escins Ia and IIa by Means of a Waters Symmetry Shield C8 Column....Pages 57-64
Production of a Diverse Library of Plant Natural Products for Bioassays....Pages 65-72
Structure Determination of Saponins with Cardiotonic Activity by Circular Dichroism....Pages 73-77
Non-NMR Methods for Structure Elucidation of Saponins....Pages 79-94
Chemistry and Bioactivity of Saponins from Some Sri Lankan Plants....Pages 95-106
Oat Root Saponins and Root-Infecting Fungi....Pages 107-111
Chemo-Ecological Role of Spirostanol Saponins in the Interaction between Plants and Insects....Pages 113-119
Localizations of Saponins, Furanocoumarins and Other Phenolics in Fruits and Shoots of Some Rutaceae, Umbelliferae Caprifoliaceae and Leguminosae....Pages 121-128
Triterpene Glycosides from Sea Cucumbers (Holothurioidea): Structure, Function and Evolution....Pages 129-141
Production of Ginseng Saponins by Cell Suspension Cultures of Panax Notoginseng in Bioreactors....Pages 143-153
Saponin Production by Cell/Callus Cultures of Panax Species....Pages 155-162
Use of 14C-Labeled Alfalfa Saponins for Monitoring Their Fate in Soil....Pages 163-170
Chemical and Pharmacological Studies on Triterpene Saponins, Escins, from Horse Chestnut Seeds....Pages 171-179
Biologically and Pharmacologically Active Saponins from Plants: Recent Advances....Pages 181-188
Physicochemical Characteristics of Interaction of Saponins from Holothurians (Sea Cucumbers) with Cell Membranes....Pages 189-203
Biological Activity of Deltoside from Allium Nutans L.....Pages 205-218
Glycoside Based Adjuvants....Pages 219-225
Actual and Potential Applications of Yucca Schidigera and Quillaja Saponaria Saponins in Human and Animal Nutrition....Pages 227-231
Dietary Saponins and Human Health....Pages 233-240
Sustainable Production of Quillaja Saponaria Mol. Saponins....Pages 241-254
Beneficial Effects of Saponins on Animal Production....Pages 255-270
Back Matter....Pages 271-279
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