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Saponins Summary

Description: A type of glycoside widely distributed in plants. Each consists of a sapogenin as the aglycone moiety, and a sugar. The sapogenin may be a steroid or a triterpene and the sugar may be glucose, galactose, a pentose, or a methylpentose.

Also Known As: Saponin

Networked: 1400 relevant articles (102 outcomes, 217 trials/studies) for this Bio-Agent

Key Diseases for which Saponins is Relevant

  1. Infection : 15 outcomes 5 studies in 46 results
  2. Neoplasms (Cancer) : 14 outcomes 33 studies in 308 results
  3. Visceral Leishmaniasis (Kala Azar) : 8 outcomes 2 studies in 20 results
  4. Carcinoma (Carcinomatosis) : 6 outcomes 7 studies in 37 results
  5. Inflammation : 3 outcomes 6 studies in 56 results
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Drugs Related to Saponins

  1. Antigens
  2. Fluorometholone (FML)
  3. QS 21 (QS21)
  4. Flavonoids
  5. Ginsenosides
  6. Vaccines
  7. Immunoglobulin G (IgG)
  8. Saponins
  9. panaxatriol
  10. GPI0100
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Therapies Related to Saponins

  1. Ligation
  2. Oral Administration
  3. Injections
  4. Chinese Traditional Medicine (Traditional Chinese Medicine)
  5. Heterologous Transplantation (Xenotransplantation)
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