Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance Astragali Radix (AR, Huangqi in Chinese), the
dried root of Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bge. var. mongholicus (Bge.) Hsiao or A …

The immune system is one of the main defence mechanisms of the human body.
Inadequacy of this system or immunodeficiency results in increased risk of infections and …

Acetylation contributes to the bioactivity of numerous medicinally important natural products.
However, little is known about the acetylation on sugar moieties. Here we report a saponin …

Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch) Bge (Huang-Qi) is a well-known herbal medicine with
tonic property and has been widely used to treat cancer and other immune disorders in …

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 …

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a serious chronic metabolic disease which disease afflicting at
present now afflicts approximately 4% of world population worldwide. Nowadays, the need …

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Astragalus roots are used to treat leukemia
and for their wound healing properties in Southeast Anatolia-Turkey. MATERIALS AND …

Saponins are widely distributed among plant kingdom and possess a wide range of
pharmacological properties. Genus Astragalus is the largest in the Fabaceae family …

Abstract Background and objective Genus Astragalus belongs to the family Fabaceae and is
one among the largest genera consisting of around 3000 species. The plants have been …

Background Saponins isolated from a number of plants possess a broad spectrum of
biological and pharmacological activities by using in vitro and in vivo bioassays. The recent …