In the Medicago genus, triterpene saponins are a group of bioactive compounds extensively
studied for their different biological and pharmaceutical properties. In this work, the …

BACKGROUND Typical hydrolysis times of saponins generally do not take into
consideration the effect of time on the degradation of the target compounds, namely …

Gastrointestinal strongyle nematodes (GIS) are included among the most important
parasites of small ruminants. The widespread drug resistance and drug residues in products …

Lotus japonicus is an important model legume plant in several fields of research, such as
secondary (specialized) metabolism and symbiotic nodulation. This plant accumulates …

Content of bioactive saponins of Medicago species suggests that they may also exert, as
previously demonstrated on M. sativa, nematicidal properties exploitable for the formulation …

Insect herbivores are dangerous to all stages of plants, eg, vegetative as well as
reproductive growth, leaves, and shoots. Some of the herbivores feed by sucking plant sap …

Popillia japonica is a quarantine pest of priority interest for the EU, given its potentially
important economic, social and environmental impacts. Alternative strategies to chemical …

Pyrrole-containing natural products form a large group of structurally diverse compounds
that occur in both terrestrial and marine organisms. In the present study the formation of …

The investigations reported here focus on an in‐depth characterization of the secondary
metabolite profile of Sanguisorba officinalis flowers. For this purpose, fresh flowers were …

Saponins are widespread secondary metabolites with various beneficial properties:
fungicidal, antibacterial, antiviral, and anticancer. Alfalfa saponin molecules contain mainly …