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Structural specificity of alfalfa ( Medicago sativa ) Saponin Haemolysis and Its Impact on Two Haemolysis based Quantification Methods
Author(s) -
Oleszek Wiesław
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740530406
Subject(s) - haemolysis , medicago sativa , saponin , hemolysis , biology , chemistry , botany , immunology , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Several individual alfalfa (Medicago sativa L) root saponins were tested for their haemolytic activities using two methods, namely the haemolytic index test and a haemolytic micromethod. It was shown that individual saponins gave different haemolytic activities depending on their structure and also on the haemolytic test used. Generally it was found that saponin monodesmosides were more active than their bisdesmosidic analogues. These differences in haemolytic activities may strongly influence the results of saponin determination with haemolysis‐based methods.