"Saponins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A type of glycoside widely distributed in plants. Each consists of a sapogenin as the aglycone moiety, and a sugar. The sapogenin may be a steroid or a triterpene and the sugar may be glucose, galactose, a pentose, or a methylpentose.
| Descriptor ID |
D012503
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D09.408.782
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| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Saponins" by people in Profiles.
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Microencapsulation of total saponins from stem and leaf of Panax notoginseng by freeze and spray drying: Process optimization, physicochemical properties, structure, antioxidant activity, and stability. J Food Sci. 2024 Nov; 89(11):7888-7906.
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Metabolic profiles of Xiao Chai Hu Tang in mouse plasma, bile and urine by the UHPLC-ESI-Q-TOF/MS technique. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2019 Oct 01; 1128:121767.
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An LC-MS/MS method for simultaneous determination of nine steroidal saponins from Paris polyphylla var. in rat plasma and its application to pharmacokinetic study. J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2017 Oct 25; 145:675-681.