Some edible vegetables of saponin containing
This chapter discusses saponins from some vegetables, melons and fruits used to be eaten in china, as examples in order to explain that physiological activities of saponin may always give help to the health of people and cure some diseases without toxicity foradminitration in longer period. Among va...
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| Published in | Studies in Plant Science Vol. 6; pp. 189 - 192 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
| Published |
1999
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | This chapter discusses saponins from some vegetables, melons and fruits used to be eaten in china, as examples in order to explain that physiological activities of saponin may always give help to the health of people and cure some diseases without toxicity foradminitration in longer period. Among various vegetables, melons and fruits always contain components other than saponin which, in fact, were one kind of the main active components. They possessed effects of anti-bacteria, antiphlogistic; sedative and analgesic; antagonizing of senility, anticarcinogen, antimutaion; anticoagulation of blood, protecting myocardium from anoxia and ischemic, heart tonic antagonizing of arrhythmia and dilatation of coronary artery; lowering the level of blood sugar and lipids, prevention of atherosclerosis; antagonizing of excitability; promoting immunity and protection of liver; tonic and nourishing etc. Those saponins were good healthy foods and when mixed in cosmotics, good protector of skin to antago nize senility. |
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| ISBN: | 9780444501806 0444501800 |
| ISSN: | 0928-3420 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/S0928-3420(99)80025-1 |