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Saponins in Tribulus terrestris – Chemistry and Bioactivity
I. Kostova,D. Dinchev +1 more
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Tribulus terrestris is a valuable herb known for its application in the folk medicine in many parts of the world as mentioned in this paper, which is used for fertility and libido disorders in men and women, as well as for treatment of cardiac diseases.Abstract:
Tribulus terrestris is a valuable herb known for its application in the folk medicine in many parts of the world. Furostanol and spirostanol saponins of tigogenin, neotigogenin, gitogenin, neogitogenin, hecogenin, neohecogenin, diosgenin, chlorogenin, ruscogenin and sarsasapogenin type are frequently found in this plant. Four sulphated saponins of tigogenin and diosgenin type are also isolated. Extracts and steroidal saponins have been found to possess various pharmacological activities. Preparations based on the saponin fraction of T. terrestris are used for treatment of infertility and libido disorders in men and women, as well as for treatment of cardiac diseases. Food supplements containing T. terrestris extracts are on sale in USA and Europe with claim of a general stimulating action.read more
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Influence of environmental abiotic factors on the content of saponins in plants
TL;DR: Despite evident inducibility of saponin production in plant cell cultures, the possible role of these compounds as phytoalexins synthesized in intact plants after pathogen infection is still not well documented.
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Phytopharmacological overview of Tribulus terrestris.
TL;DR: The aim of this review is to create a database for further investigations of the discovered phytochemical and pharmacological properties of this plant to promote research and help in confirmation of its traditional use along with its value-added utility, eventually leading to higher revenues from the plant.
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Antibacterial and antifungal activities of different parts of Tribulus terrestris L. growing in Iraq
TL;DR: The most active extract against both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria was ethanol extract from the fruits with a minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) value of 0.15 mg/ml, and the same extract demonstrated the strongest antifungal activity against C. albicans.
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Evaluation of Traditional Indian Antidiabetic Medicinal Plants for Human Pancreatic Amylase Inhibitory Effect In Vitro
TL;DR: Analysis of Ayurvedic Indian medicinal plants subjected to sequential solvent extraction revealed the presence of alkaloids, proteins, tannins, cardiac glycosides, flavonoids, saponins and steroids as probable inhibitory compounds.
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Antibacterial effect (in vitro) of Moringa oleifera and Annona muricata against Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria
Gustavo Hitzschky Fernandes Viera,Jozeanne Alves Mourão,Ângela Maria Ângelo,Renata Albuquerque Costa,Regine Helena Silva dos Fernandes Vieira +4 more
TL;DR: The aqueous extracts of soursop showed an antibacterial effect against S. aureus and V. cholerae, but the antibacterial activity by the ethanol extracts of this plant was not demonstrated.
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Carbon-13 NMR spectroscopy of steroidal sapogenins and steroidal saponins
TL;DR: The 13 C NMR chemical shifts of 130 naturally occurring steroidal sapogenins and saponin derivatives published up to 1983 are listed and a number of methods for signal assignment are explained as discussed by the authors.
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Screening of Yemeni medicinal plants for antibacterial and cytotoxic activities
TL;DR: The ethyl acetate extract of Lawsonia inermis was found to be the most active one against all bacteria in the test system and could be obtained from extracts of Aloe perryi, Indigofera oblongifolia, Meriandra benghalensis and Ziziphus spina christi.
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Aphrodisiac properties of Tribulus terrestris extract (Protodioscin) in normal and castrated rats
TL;DR: It is concluded that TT extract appears to possess aphrodisiac activity probably due to androgen increasing property of TT (observed in an earlier study on primates).