saponin extraction

[vestelshirley]

Does anyone have a good extraction procedure for saponins from indian almond (balanites aegyptiaca)?

[Chris0000]

Hi

There are some methods for the purification of saponins using counter-current-chromatography ( CCC)
This name is quite strange, a better name for this is liquid-liquid-chromatography, because the core idea is to exchange the solid stationary phase with a liquid stationary phase...

best regards
Chris

[Bruce Hamilton]

If you are researching the content, the two journals to search are Phytochemistry and Fitoterapia. You may also note that indian almond is only one of several common names.

If you want a standardised method for saponin content for regulatory testing, you may have to check out the food literature, such as AOAC, which details procedures.

From the research lilerature:-

A furostanol saponin from fruits of Balanites aegyptiaca
Phytochemistry, Volume 48, Issue 4, June 1998, Pages 755-757
M. S. Kamel

Larvicidal activity of saponin containing extracts and fractions of fruit mesocarp of Balanites aegyptiaca
Fitoterapia, Volume 77, Issue 6, September 2006, Pages 420-424
Zeev Wiesman, Bishnu P. Chapagain

Bruce Hamilton