Saponins in Food, Feedstuffs and Medicinal Plants [Hardcover]

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.Proceedings of the Phytochemical Society of EuropeSaponins 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.Preface. 1. Analysis and isolation of saponins from plant material; A. Marston, et al. 2. Bioactive saponins from some plants used in Indian traditional medicine; S.B. Mahato. 3. Micro-extraction and characterization of saponins in peanut meal and soybean flour using HPLC and FAB mass spectrometry; J.A. Singleton, et al. 4. LC-MS and LC-MS/MS analysis of saponins and sapogenins - comparison of ionization techniques and their usefulness in compound identification; A.D. Muir, et al. 5. Separation of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) saponins as their borate complexes by capillary electrophoresis; A. Tava, et al. 6. Single run HPLC separation of escins Ia and IIa by means of a Waters symmetry slÓ.