Description: 1. Analysis and isolation of saponins from plant material.- 2. Bioactive saponins from some plants used in Indian traditional medicine.- 3. Micro-extraction and characterization of saponins in peanut meal and soybean flour using HPLC and FAB mass spectrometry.- 4. LC-MS and LC-MS/MS analysis of saponins and sapogenins -- comparison of ionization techniques and their usefulness in compound identification.- 5. Separation of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) saponins as their borate complexes by capillary electrophoresis.- 6. Single run HPLC separation of escins Ia and IIa by means of a Waters symmetry shield C8 column.- 7. Polyhydroxylated steroidal saponins from Asteroidea (starfish).- 8. Production of a diverse library of plant natural products for bioassays.- 9. Structure determination of saponins with cardiotonic activity by circular dichroism.- 10. Non-NMR methods for structure elucidation of saponins.- 11. A triterpenoidal saponin and other new constituents from Terminalia alata.- 12. Chemistry and bioactivity of saponins from some Sri Lankan plants.- 13. Oat root saponins and root-infecting fungi.- 14. Chemo-ecological role of spirostanol saponins in the interaction between plants and insects.- 15. Localizations of saponins, furanocoumarins and other phenolics in fruits and shoots of some Rutaceae, Umbelliferae, Caprifoliaceae and Leguminosae.- 16. Triterpene glycosides from sea cucumbers (Holothurioidea): structure, function and evolution.- 17. Production of ginseng saponins by cell suspension cultures of Panax notoginseng in bioreactors.- 18. Saponin production by cell/callus cultures of Panax species.- 19. Use of It-labeled alfalfa saponins for monitoring their fate in soil.- 20. Chemical and pharmacological studies on triterpene saponins, escins, from horsechestnut seeds.- 21. Biologically and pharmacologically active saponins from plants: recent advances.- 22. Physicochemical characteristics of interaction of saponins from Holothurians (sea cucumbers) with cell membranes.- 23. Biological activity of deltoside from Allium nutans L..- 24. Glycoside based adjuvants.- 25. Actual and potential applications of Yucca schidigera and Quillaja saponaria saponins in human and animal nutrition.- 26. Dietary saponins and human health.- 27. Sustainable production of Quillaja saponaria Mol. Saponins.- 28. Beneficial effects of saponins on animal production.

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