Saponins in Food, Feedstuffs and Medicinal Plants

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 shield C8 column; S. Apers, et al. 7. Polyhydroxylated steroidal saponins from Asteroidea (starfish); A.A. Kicha, et al. 8. Production of a diverse library of plant natural products for bioassays; M. Steward, et al. 9. Structure determination of saponins with cardiotonic activity by circular dichroism; J.-G. Dong, et al. 10. Non-NMR methods for structure elucidation of saponins; T. Schöpke. 11. A triterpenoidal saponin and other new constituents from Terminalia alata; S.K. Srivastava, et al. 12. Chemistry and bioactivity of saponins from some Sri Lankan plants; U.L.B. Jayasinghe, et al. 14. Oat root saponins and root-infecting fungi; A. Osbourn, et al. 14. Chemo-ecological role of spirostanol saponins in the interaction between plants and insects; J. Harmatha. 15. Localizations of saponins,furanocoumarins and other phenolics in fruits and shoots of some Rutaceae, Umbelliferae, Caprifoliaceae and Leguminosae; A.M. Zobel, et al. 16. Triterpene glycosides from sea cucumbers (Holothurioidea): structure, function and evolution; V.I. Kalinin, et al. 17. Production of ginseng saponins by cell suspension cultures of Panax notoginseng in bioreactors; J.J. Zhong. 18. Saponin production by cell/callus cultures of Panax species; A. Mathur, et al. 19. Use of 14C-labeled alfalfa saponins for