Classification of Steroids:
Saponins: glycosides of plant origin, which take their name from Saponaria officinalis, which were found to the first time.
I can lower the surface tension in aqueous solutions, are able to form colloidal solutions and foaming can be used as emulsifiers.
injecting injection of these compounds causes hemolysis.
The oral intake, however, does not produce this poison because the hemolytic activity of saponins is expressed only if the molecule remains intact, which does not take place during digestion because it is split into two components .
In cold-blooded animals and fish are toxic saponins in each case for which in the past, plants containing these substances were used as poisons for hunting.
saponins are believed to be used by plants as defense systems against pathogens, especially fungi. In some cases, they are already present at other times of the precursors are synthesized by in case the plant has suffered damage.
Massimo Capobianco
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