Biological activities and distribution of plant saponins.

By S. Sparg, M. E. Light, J. van Staden. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2004

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Understanding Root Rot Disease in Agricultural Crops (2020, background): “Saponins are known to have antifungal activity [278,279].”
Biological activities and chemistry of saponins from Chenopodium quinoa Willd. (2009, background): “Plant saponins are widely distributed in the plant kingdom (Vincken et al. 2007) and have a wide range of biological properties ( Sparg et al. 2004 ).”
Novel advances with plant saponins as natural insecticides to control pest insects (2007, background): “They have membrane-permeabilising, haemolytic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, immunostimulant and anticarcinogenic activities, they affect feed intake, growth and reproduction in animals, and they can be used as fungicides, molluscicides and pesticides, as well as against some bacteria and viruses ”
Saponins, classification and occurrence in the plant kingdom. (2007, background): “…over the last two decades, focussing on biosynthesis, isolation, structural elucidation, and biological activities of saponins (Kulshreshtha et al., 1972; Mahato et al., 1988, 1992a; Mahato and Nandy, 1991a; Mahato and Sen, 1997; Tan et al., 1999; Connolly and Hill, 2000; Sparg et al., 2004).”
Saponins as cytotoxic agents: a review (2010, methodology): “Saponins exert a wide range of pharmacological activities including expectorant, antiinflammatory, vasoprotective, hypocholesterolemic, immunomodulatory, hypoglycaemic, molluscicidal, antifungal, antiparasitic and many others (Sparg et al. 2004; Sahu et al. 2008).”
Influence of environmental biotic factors on the content of saponins in plants (2011, background): “Huge research was made on the harmful or beneficial impact of plant saponins on living organisms (Lacaille-Dubois and Wagner 1996; Francis et al. 2002; Sparg et al. 2004), however, currently also the opposite influence is studied.”
Control of plant parasitic nematodes with active saponins and biomass from Medicago sativa (2011, background): “Their distribution in plants seems to be correlated to the structural type, that is steroidal saponins are almost exclusively present in Monocot species, while triterpenoid saponins mainly occur in the Dicotyledones (Bruneton 1999; Sprag et al. 2004).”
Phytochemical biopesticides: some recent developments (2017, background): “Due to the amphiphilic nature, such saponins produce foam and exhibit cell lysis activity leading to pore formation and cell membrane permeation (Sparg et al. 2004, Vincken et al. 2007, Podolak et al. 2010).”
Saponins: Properties, Applications and Processing (2007, background): “The steroidal saponins are mainly found in monocotyledons (such as Agavaceae, Dioscoreaceae and Liliaceae), and triterpene saponins are predominantly present in dicotyledons (Leguminosae, Araliaceae, Caryophyllaceae) (Sparg et al., 2004).”
Herbal extracts and phytochemicals: plant secondary metabolites and the enhancement of human brain function. (2011, background): “Within the plant, ginsenosides have antifungal/-viral/bacterial, insecticidal, and molluscicidal activity and exert allelopathic and antifeeding effects (157,158).”