Saponins Used in Traditional and Modern Medicine

''A wealth of information...these two volumes will be immensely valuable to anyone having to deal with this difficult group of compounds.'' ---Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, from a review of Saponins Used in Traditional and Modern Medicine and Saponins Used in Food and Agriculture

Zusammenfassung
Proceedings of the 210th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society Symposium on Saponins: Chemistry and Biological Activity held in Chicago, Ill, August 20-24, 1995

Inhalt
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.