Saponins Used in Traditional and Modern Medicine

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Commercial Utilization of Plant-Derived Saponins: An Overview of Medicinal, Pharmaceutical, and Industrial Applications....Pages 1-14
Steroid Glycosides from Suspension Cultures of Dioscorea deltoidea Cells and Their Biological Activity....Pages 15-22
Glycosidases that Convert Natural Glycosides to Bioactive Compounds....Pages 23-36
Purification and Properties of UDP-Glucose : Diosgenin/Tigogenin Glucosyltransferase from Solanum melongena Leaves....Pages 37-46
Evidence for Separate UDP-Glucose : Spirostanol and UDP-Glucose : Solasodine Glucosyltransferases in Solanum melongena ....Pages 47-55
Purification and Characterization of a β-Glucosidase which Converts Furostanol Glycosides to Spirostanol Glycosides from Costus speciosus ....Pages 57-69
Enzymatic Glycosylation of Tomatidine in Tomato Plants....Pages 71-80
Specificity of Elementary Composition of Plants in Synthesizing Saponins....Pages 81-85
Anti-Tumor-Promoting Activities of Triterpenoid Glycosides; Cancer Chemoprevention by Saponins....Pages 87-100
Steroidal Saponins from the Liliaceae Plants and Their Biological Activities....Pages 101-110
Modified Steroidal Glycosides with Potential Biological Activity....Pages 111-116
Search for Molluscicidal and Antifungal Saponins from Tropical Plants....Pages 117-128
New Saponins from Vietnamese Ginseng: Highlights on Biogenesis of Dammarane Triterpenoids....Pages 129-149
Investigations of Molluscicidal Saponins from the Endod Plant Phytolacca dodecandra ....Pages 151-164
Structure/Function Studies on QS-21, A Unique Immunological Adjuvant from Quillaja saponaria ....Pages 165-172
Saponins with Antifilarial Activity from Acacia auriculiformis ....Pages 173-184
Molecular Structures of Saponins from Quillaja saponaria Molina....Pages 185-193
Effect of Some Saponins on Glucose Transport System....Pages 195-206
Inhibitory Effect of Oleanene-Type Triterpene Oligoglycosides on Ethanol Absorption : The Structure-Activity Relationships....Pages 207-218
Search for an Endogenous Mammalian Cardiotonic Factor....Pages 219-224
Bioactive Triterpenoid and Steroid Saponins from Medicinal Plants in Southwest China....Pages 225-238
The pH-Dependent Channels Formed by Cauloside C....Pages 239-249
Steroidal Glycosides from Petunia hybrida L. Seeds and Their Biological Activity....Pages 251-262
Bioactive Saponins from Solanaceous and Leguminous Plants....Pages 263-276
Steroidal Glycoalkaloids: Nature and Consequences of Bioactivity....Pages 277-295
Saponins from the Compositae Plants: Structures of the Saponins from Aster scaber Thunb....Pages 297-307
Chemistry and Biological Activity of Steroid Saponins from Moldovian Plants....Pages 309-334
Steroid and Triterpenoid Oligoglycosides of Marine Origin....Pages 335-356
New Cardioactive Steroid Saponins and Other Glycosides from Mexican Tribulus cistoides ....Pages 357-370
Studies on Bioactive Saponins from Chinese Medicinal Plants....Pages 371-382
Structural and Antimalarial Studies of Saponins from Nauclea diderrichii Bark....Pages 383-399
New Biologically Active Steroidal and Triterpenoid Glycosides from Medicinal Plants....Pages 401-414
Biological Activity of Saponins from Two Dracaena Species....Pages 415-428
Phyto-Pharmacology of Saponins from Symphytum officinale L.....Pages 429-442
Metabolites of Nuatigenin ((22 S ,25 S )22,25-Epoxy-3β,26-Dihydroxy-Furost-5-Ene) Accumulate in the Bile of Rabbits Fed Oats....Pages 443-458
Acylated Saponins from Crocosmia Plants....Pages 459-469
Medical Activities of Aesculus hippocastaneum (Horse-Chestnut) Saponins....Pages 471-474
A Chemical Study on the Steroidal Glycosides from Atropa belladonna L. Seeds....Pages 475-483
Triterpene Saponins from Plants of the Flora of Turkey....Pages 485-500
Triterpene Glycosides from Sophora japonica L. Seeds....Pages 501-504
Antiviral Activity of Tomatoside from Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.....Pages 505-509
19 New Steroidal Saponins from Allium Plants: Isolation, Structural Elucidation and Effect on Blood Coagulability....Pages 511-526
Fungitoxic Activity of Saponins: Practical Use and Fundamental Principles....Pages 527-534
Saponins as Antimycotic Agents: Glycosides of Medicagenic Acid....Pages 535-546
Saponin Detoxification by Plant Pathogenic Fungi....Pages 547-555
Hemolytic Activity of Triterpene Glycosides from the Dendrochirotida Order Holothurian....Pages 557-564
Antifungal and Hemolytic Activity of Aerial Parts of Alfalfa ( Medicago ) Species in Relation to Saponin Composition....Pages 565-574
Back Matter....Pages 575-606