Saponins Used in Traditional and Modern Medicine

Commercial Utilization of Plant-Derived Saponins: An Overview of Medicinal, Pharmaceutical, and Industrial Applications.- Steroid Glycosides from Suspension Cultures of Dioscorea deltoidea Cells and Their Biological Activity.- Glycosidases That Convert Natural Glycosides to Bioactive Compounds.- Purification and Properties of UDP-Glucose: Diosgenin/Tigogenin Glucosyltransferase from Solanum melongena Leaves.- Evidence for Separate Udp-Glucose: Spirostanol and Udp-Glucose: Solasodine Glucosyltransferases in Solanum melongena.- Purification and Characterization of a B-Glucosidase which Converts Furostanol Glycosides to Spirostanol Glycosides from Costus speciosus.- Enzymatic Glycosylation of Tomatidine in Tomato Plants.- Specificity of Elementary Composition of Plants in Synthesizing Saponins.- Anti-Tumor-Promoting Activities of Triterpenoid Glycosides. Cancer Prevention by Saponins.- Steroidal Saponins from the Liliaceae Plants and Their Biological Activities.- Modified Steroidal Glycosides with Potential Biological Activity.- Search for Molluscicidal and Antifungal Saponins from Tropical Plants.- New Saponins from Vietnamese Ginseng: Highlights on Biogenesis of Dammarane Triterpenoids.- Investigations of Molluscicidal Saponins from the Endod Plant Phytolacca dodecandra.- Structure/Function Studies on Qs-21, a Unique Immunological Adjuvant from Quillaja saponaria.- Saponins with Antifilarial Activity from Acacia auriculiformis.- Molecular Structures of Saponins from Quillaja saponaria Molina.- Effect of Some Saponins on Glucose Transport System.- Inhibitory Effect of Oleanene-Type Triterpene Oligoglycosides on Ethanol Absorption: The Structure-Activity Relationships.- Search for an Endogenous Mammalian Cardiotonic Factor.- Bioactive Triterpenoid and Steroid Saponins fromMedicinal Plants in Southwest China.- The pH-Dependent Channels Formed by Cauloside C.- Steroidal Glycosides from Petunia hybrida L. Seeds and Their Biological Activity.- Bioactive Saponins from Solanaceous and Leguminous Plants.- Steroidal Glycoalkaloids: Nature and Consequences of Bioactivity.- Saponins from the Compositae Plants: Structures of the Saponins from Aster scaber Thunb.- Chemistry and Biological Activity of Steroid Saponins from Moldovian Plants.- Steroid and Triterpenoid Oligoglycosides of Marine Origin.- New Cardioactive Steroid Saponins and Other Glycosides from Mexican Tribulus cistoides.- Studies on Bioactive Saponins from Chinese Medicinal Plants.- Structural and Antimalarial Studies of Saponins from Nauclea diderrichii Bark.- New Biologically Active Steroidal and Triterpenoid Glycosides from Medicinal Plants.- Biological Activity of Saponins from Two Dracaena Species.- Phyto-Pharmacology of Saponins from Symphytum officinale L..- Metabolites of Nuatigenin ((22S,25S)22,25-Epoxy-3?,26-Dihydroxy-Furost-5-Ene) Accumulate in the Bile of Rabbits Fed Oats.- Acylated Saponins from Crocosmia Plants.- Medical Activities of Aesculus hippocastaneum (Horse-Chestnut) Saponins.- A Chemical Study of the Steroidal Glycosides from Atropa belladonna Seeds.- Triterpene Saponins from Plants of the Flora of Turkey.- Triterpene Glycosides of Sophora japonica L. Seeds.- Antiviral Activity of Tomatoside from Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.- 19 New Steroidal Saponins from Allium Plants: Isolation, Structural Elucidation, and Effect on Blood Coagulability.- Fungitoxic Activity of Saponins: Practical Use and Fundamental Principles.- Saponins as Antimycotic Agents: Glycosides of Medicagenic Acid.- Saponin Detoxification by Plant Pathogenic Fungi.- Hemolytic Activity ofTriterpene Glycosides from the Dendrochirotida Order Holothurian.- Antifungal and Hemolytic Activity of Aerial Parts of Alfalfa (Medicago) Species in Relation to Saponin Composition.- Saponin Network for Mass Spectrometry and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometry.- Contributors.- Indexes.- Latin Name Index.