Allium is a genus that is widely consumed and used as traditional medicine in several
countries. This genus has two major species, namely cultivated species and wild species …

Steroidal saponins are widely distributed among monocots, including the Amaryllidaceae
family to which the Allium genus is currently classified. Apart from sulfur compounds, these …

Steroidal saponins are a group of glycosides widely distributed among monocotyledonous
families. They exert a wide spectrum of biological effects including cytotoxic and antitumor …

Fruits and vegetables (FVs) have long been a major source of nutrients and dietary
phytochemicals with outstanding physiological properties that are essential for protecting …

Main conclusion Steroidal saponins exhibited numerous pharmacological activities due to
the modification of their backbone by different cytochrome P450s (P450) and UDP …

Background: There is an increasing interest from the pharmaceutical and food industry in
natural antioxidant and bioactive compounds derived from plants as substitutes for synthetic …

Plant extracts have been shown to improve plant growth and development under salt stress.
The current study focuses on how the exogenous application of onion extract stimulates …

Exploration of new and promising anticancer compounds continues to be one of the main
tasks of cancer research because of the drug resistance, high cytotoxicity and limitations of …

The objective of this study was to evaluate potential of two chemically characterized edible
wild onion species, Allium flavum and Allium carinatum, to reduce side effects of cytostatic …

Saponins, a diverse group of natural compounds, offer an interesting pool of derivatives with
biomedical application. In this study, three structurally related spirostanol saponins were …