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Saponins Used in Traditional and Modern Medicine

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Editors:
  1. George R. Waller

    1. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USA

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  2. Kazuo Yamasaki

    1. Institute of Pharmaceutical Science School of Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734, Japan

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Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 404)

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Table of contents (47 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Commercial Utilization and Biosynthesis

    1. Commercial Utilization of Plant-Derived Saponins: An Overview of Medicinal, Pharmaceutical, and Industrial Applications

      • Manuel F. Balandrin
      Pages 1-14

    2. Steroid Glycosides from Suspension Cultures of Dioscorea deltoidea Cells and Their Biological Activity

      • I. S. Vasil’eva, V. A. Paseshnichenko
      Pages 15-22

    3. Glycosidases that Convert Natural Glycosides to Bioactive Compounds

      • Chung Ki Sung, Geun Hyung Kang, Sang Sun Yoon, Ik-Soo Lee, Dong Hyun Kim, Ushio Sankawa et al.
      Pages 23-36

    4. Purification and Properties of UDP-Glucose : Diosgenin/Tigogenin Glucosyltransferase from Solanum melongena Leaves

      • Cezary Paczkowski, Zdzislaw A. Wojciechowski
      Pages 37-46

    5. Evidence for Separate UDP-Glucose : Spirostanol and UDP-Glucose : Solasodine Glucosyltransferases in Solanum melongena

      • Cezary PÄ…czkowski, MaÅ‚gorzata Kalinowska, Roland WoldaÅ„ski, ZdzisÅ‚aw A. Wojciechowski
      Pages 47-55

    6. Purification and Characterization of a β-Glucosidase which Converts Furostanol Glycosides to Spirostanol Glycosides from Costus speciosus

      • Kentaro Inoue, Yutaka Ebizuka
      Pages 57-69

    7. Enzymatic Glycosylation of Tomatidine in Tomato Plants

      • Jan Zimowski
      Pages 71-80

    8. Specificity of Elementary Composition of Plants in Synthesizing Saponins

      • M. J. Lovkova, S. M. Sokolova, G. N. Busuk, S. M. Ponomareva, O. V. Shelepova
      Pages 81-85

  3. Inhibition of Diseases of Mankind

    1. Anti-Tumor-Promoting Activities of Triterpenoid Glycosides; Cancer Chemoprevention by Saponins

      • Takao Konoshima
      Pages 87-100

    2. Steroidal Saponins from the Liliaceae Plants and Their Biological Activities

      • Yoshihiro Mimaki, Yutaka Sashida
      Pages 101-110

    3. Modified Steroidal Glycosides with Potential Biological Activity

      • D. Iurea, C. V. Uglea, P. K. Kintia
      Pages 111-116

    4. Search for Molluscicidal and Antifungal Saponins from Tropical Plants

      • K. Hostettmann, A. Marston, M. Maillard, J.-L. Wolfender
      Pages 117-128

    5. New Saponins from Vietnamese Ginseng: Highlights on Biogenesis of Dammarane Triterpenoids

      • Nguyen Minh Duc, Ryoji Kasai, Kazuhiro Ohtani, Aiko Ito, Kazuo Yamasaki, Nguyen Thoi Nham et al.
      Pages 129-149

    6. Investigations of Molluscicidal Saponins from the Endod Plant Phytolacca dodecandra

      • Susanne T. Thiilborg, Claus Cornett, Else Lemmich
      Pages 151-164

    7. Structure/Function Studies on QS-21, A Unique Immunological Adjuvant from Quillaja saponaria

      • Charlotte Read Kensil, Sean Soltysik, Deborah A. Wheeler, Jia-Yan Wu
      Pages 165-172

    8. Saponins with Antifilarial Activity from Acacia auriculiformis

      • Shashi B. Mahato
      Pages 173-184

    9. Molecular Structures of Saponins from Quillaja saponaria Molina

      • Dirk C. van Setten, Gerrit van de Werken
      Pages 185-193

    10. Effect of Some Saponins on Glucose Transport System

      • Kazuo Yamasaki
      Pages 195-206

    11. Inhibitory Effect of Oleanene-Type Triterpene Oligoglycosides on Ethanol Absorption : The Structure-Activity Relationships

      • Masayuki Yoshikawa, Johji Yamahara
      Pages 207-218
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About this book

''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

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USA

    George R. Waller

  • Institute of Pharmaceutical Science School of Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734, Japan

    Kazuo Yamasaki

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Saponins Used in Traditional and Modern Medicine

  • Editors: George R. Waller, Kazuo Yamasaki

  • Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1367-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-45393-9Published: 30 November 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-1369-2Published: 30 May 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-1367-8Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0065-2598

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 606

  • Topics: Pharmacology/Toxicology, Plant Sciences, Pharmacy

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