Saponins containing methanol extract of Sapindus rarak affect microbial fermentation, microbial acti

By E. Wina, S. Muetzel, E. Hoffmann, H. Makkar, K. Becker. 2005

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Microbial ecosystem and methanogenesis in ruminants. (2010, background): “Saponins 216%* 280% 290% No effect 270%* 250% 225%* No effect Wina et al. (2005)”
Effects of addition of tea saponins and soybean oil on methane production, fermentation and microbial population in the rumen of growing lambs (2010, background): “Wina et al. (2005) observed that the toxicity of feeding saponins at high levels occurred to protozoa, fungi and bacteria.”
Potential of phytofactors to mitigate rumen ammonia and methane production. (2010, background): “…saponins on protozoa indirectly participating in the process of methanogenesis in the rumen may depend on the chemical structure of saponins that enables the interactions with cholesterol of membranes of eukaryotic cells, which leads to the destruction of a cell (Cheeke, 1996; Wina et al., 2005).”