Perspectives on saponins: food functionality and applications

YP Timilsena, A Phosanam, R Stockmann - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Saponins are a diverse group of naturally occurring plant secondary metabolites present in
a wide range of foods ranging from grains, pulses, and green leaves to sea creatures. They …

Recent advances in the environmental applications of biosurfactant saponins: a review

Z Liu, Z Li, H Zhong, G Zeng, Y Liang, M Chen… - Journal of environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
In recent years, more and more studies have devoted to investigate the application of
biosurfactants to enhance the removal of hydrophobic organic compounds (HOCs) and …

Phytochemical Characterization, Antioxidant Activity, and Cytotoxicity of Methanolic Leaf Extract of Chlorophytum Comosum (Green Type) (Thunb.) Jacq

IV Rzhepakovsky, DA Areshidze, SS Avanesyan… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chlorophytum genus has been extensively studied due to its diverse biological activities. We
evaluated the methanolic extract of leaves of Chlorophytum comosum (Green type)(Thunb.) …

Pharmaceutical, nutritional, and cosmetic potentials of saponins and their derivatives

M Maghsoudloo… - Nano Micro …, 2023 - nmb-journal.com
Saponins as glycoside type of pentacyclic triterpenoids comprising an aglycone (triterpenoid
component) and glycone (sugar moiety) are acknowledged phytochemicals with various …

Chemical composition, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and cytotoxic activities of Opuntia stricta cladodes

O Izuegbuna, G Otunola, G Bradley - Plos one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background The Opuntia spp. have been used in traditional medicine for many centuries. It
is used in the management of diseases that involves oxidative stress, especially diabetes …

Antibiofilm Potential of Medicinal Plants against Candida spp. Oral Biofilms: A Review

R Guimarães, C Milho, Â Liberal, J Silva, C Fonseca… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The use of natural products to promote health is as old as human civilization. In recent years,
the perception of natural products derived from plants as abundant sources of biologically …

Regulation of reactive oxygen species by phytochemicals for the management of cancer and diabetes

HM Lim, SH Park - Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Cancer and diabetes mellitus are served as typical life-threatening diseases with common
risk factors. Developing therapeutic measures in cancers and diabetes have aroused …

Antioxidant capacities, phenolic profile and cytotoxic effects of saxicolous lichens from trans-Himalayan cold desert of Ladakh

J Kumar, P Dhar, AB Tayade, D Gupta, OP Chaurasia… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Fourteen saxicolous lichens from trans-Himalayan Ladakh region were identified by morpho-
anatomical and chemical characteristics. The n-hexane, methanol and water extracts of the …

Antioxidant Activity and ROS-Dependent Apoptotic Effect of Scurrula ferruginea (Jack) Danser Methanol Extract in Human Breast Cancer Cell MDA-MB-231

M Marvibaigi, N Amini, E Supriyanto, FA Abdul Majid… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Scurrula ferruginea (Jack) Danser is one of the mistletoe species belonging to Loranthaceae
family, which grows on the branches of many deciduous trees in tropical countries. This …

Antimicrobial, antioxidant, anticancer, and antithrombotic, competency of saponins from the root of Decalepis hamiltonii

J Gitanjali, DSD Ram, R Kavitha, V Amalan… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The goal of this study was to extract saponins from the tuberous root of Decalepis hamiltonii
and assess their potential clinical applications, which included antioxidant, antibacterial …