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Saponins in Food, Feedstuffs and Medicinal Plants

Book information

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
2000
ISBN
978-90-481-5341-1, 978-94-015-9339-7
DOI
10.1007/978-94-015-9339-7
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7467021 bytes)
Series
Proceedings of the Phythochemical Society of Europe 45
Edition
1
Pages
292\288
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00

Description

Saponins are glycosides of triterpenes, steroids or steroidal alkaloids. They can be found in plants and marine organisms. Very diverse biological activities are ascribed to saponins and they play important roles in food, animal feedstuffs, and pharmaceutical properties. This volume provides a selection of recent work on saponins presented at a symposium in Pulawy, Poland, in 1999. Many different aspects are treated: analysis, separation, biological activities, relevant use in human and animal nutrition, and ecological significance. This book will be of use to researchers both in universities and industry.

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