Plant saponins are widely distributed amongst plants and have a wide range of biological
properties. The more recent investigations and findings into their biological activities were …

Saponins are a group of amphiphilic glycosides containing one or more sugar chains linked
to a nonpolar triterpene or steroid aglycone skeleton, which are believed to be responsible …

As part of our screening of antiviral agents from medicinal plants, 11 compounds from plant
origin (Bupleurum rigidum and Scrophularia scorodonia), three saikosaponins, seven …

Background Liver cancer is a common malignancy with a high mortality rate. Given the poor
prognosis associated with this cancer, many patients seek additional therapies that may …

High‐speed countercurrent chromatography is a liquid–liquid separation chromatographic
technique, which has the unique feature of eliminating irreversible adsorption using liquid …

Two new steroidal saponins, dioscoresides C (1) and D (2), along with a new natural
product, pregnadienolone 3-O-β-gracillimatriose (3), and two known compounds …

Alternative medicinal agents, such as the herb Bupleurum, are increasingly used in modern
medicine to supplement synthetic drugs. First, we present a review of the currently known …

In this study, the haemolytic activities of Bupleurum chinense saponins (BCS) and its
adjuvant potentials on the immune responses of ICR mice against ovalbumin (OVA) were …

Coumarin components from Psoralea corylifolia L. are novel drugs in which psoralen and
isopsoralen are the active components. The pharmacokinetics, tissue distribution and …

The main objective of the present study was to completely characterize the metabolites of
the triterpenoid saikosaponin a (SSa) in rats. To this aim, we compared the metabolites in …