Saponins Used in Food and Agriculture

Abstract

"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 "A valuable contribution to the literature."--The Quarterly Review of Biology, December 1997. Cosmetics, Sweeteners, Herbs, And Non-Alcoholic Beverages -- Application of Saponins in Foods and Cosmetics: Saponins of Mohave Yucca and Sapindus mukurossi -- Novel Sweet-Tasting Saponins of the Cycloartane, Oleanane, Secodammarane, and Steroidal Types -- Intensely Sweet Saponin Osladin: Synthetic and Structural Study -- Steroid Saponins from Fenugreek and Some of Their Biological Properties -- Triterpene Saponins from Maté, Ilex paraguariensis -- Regulatory Effects on Crops, Viruses, Microorganisms, Weeds, and Insects -- Studies of the Phytotoxicity of Saponins on Weed and Crop Plants -- Regulatory Effects of Saponins in the Pathogenesis of Root Rots in Cereal Crops -- Effects of Saponins on the Growth and Activity of Rhizosphere Bacteria -- Saponins from Medicago Spp.: Chemical Characterization and Biological Activity against Insects -- The Role of Cardenolides in a Crucifer-Insect Relationship -- Can Soyasaponin I and Mono- and Bi- Desmosides Isolated from Mungbeans Serve as Growth Enhancers for Mungbeans and Lettuce? -- Oxygen Radical Scavenging Activity of DDMP-Conjugated Saponins and the Physiological Role In Leguminous Plants -- Alfalfa Saponins: Structure, Biological Activity, and Chemotaxonomy -- Chemistry and Biological Activity of Triterpenoid Glycosides from Medicago sativa -- Saponins and Artifacts -- Triterpenoid Saponins from a Siberian Chemorace of the Thalictrum Genus -- New Preparation of Triterpenoid-3-Sulfates by the Use of SO3-DMSO Complex -- Triterpene and Steroid Saponins from Two Melilotus Species -- A Novel Triterpenoid Saponin from the Leaves of Majorana hortensis (Moench) -- Chemiluminescence of Oxygen Radical Scavengers Such as DDMP Saponins in the Presence of Radicals and Aldehyde -- Herniaria Saponin B, a Novel Triterpenoid Saponin from Hernaria fontanesii -- Steroidal Glycosides from Nicotiana tabacum L. Seeds and Their Biological Activity -- Novel Microbial Transformations of Steroids -- Thermal Behavior of Steroidal Glycosides -- Chemical Identification Using NMR and MS -- Proton and Carbon-13 NMR Studies of Steroids and Triterpenes -- A Systematic NMR Approach for the Determination of the Molecular Structure of Steroidal Saponins -- Application of Tandem Mass Spectral Approaches to Structural Determinations of Saponins -- Structural Determination of Saponins from Mungbean Sprouts by Tandem Mass Spectrometry -- Liquid Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry and Linked Scanning at Constant B/E/MS for Structure Confirmation of Saponins in Medicago sativa (Alfalfa) -- Saponins from Alfalfa, Clover, and Mungbeans Analyzed by Electrospray Ionization-Mass Spectrometry as Compared with Positive and Negative FAB-Mass Spectrometry -- Nutritional Aspects -- Analysis, Heat Stability and Physiological Effects of Saponins from Oats -- Biological Effects of Feed and Forage Saponins and Their Impacts on Animal Production -- Effect of Quillaja Saponins on in Vitro Rumen Fermentation -- Do Steroidal Saponins Have a Role in Hepatogenous Photosensitization Diseases of Sheep? -- Steroidal Glycoalkaloids in Andean Potatoes -- Appendixes -- Appendix I: Plant Saponin Disease Network -- Appendix II: Saponin Network for Mass Spectrometry and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometry -- Contributors -- Indexes -- Latin Name Index.