Soyasaponins and Related Glycosides of Desmodium canadense and Desmodium illinoense

Soyasaponins and Related Glycosides of Desmodium canadense and Desmodium illinoense

Seed extracts of Desmodium canadense (L.) DC., a native Canadian legume, were examined by HPLC and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (LC/MS) for the presence of triterpenoid saponins of the oleanene type. An aqueous methanol extract, fractionated by use of a DiaionTM HP-20 macroporous resin, was found to possess soyasaponin III (soyasaponin Bb ́) and the 2,3-dihydro-2,5-dihydroxy-6-methy...

Antiamnesic effects of Desmodium gangeticum in mice.

Dementia is a mental disorder characterized by loss of intellectual ability sufficiently severe enough to interfere with one's occupational or social activities. Desmodium gangeticum commonly known as Salparni, is widely used in ayurveda for the treatment of neurological disorders. The present work was designed to assess the potential of aqueous extract of D. gangeticum (DG) as a nootropic agen...

Trout’s Notes on the Genus Desmodium

Hepatoprotective and Antioxidant Activities of Desmodium Triquetrum DC

The hepatoprotective and antioxidant activities of ethanol extract of Desmodium triquetrum DC leaf were investigated against carbon tetrachloride (1 ml/kg i.p) induced hepatic damage in rats at a dose of 200 mg/kg body weight p.o. The test extract significantly (P<0.05) reduced the elevated levels of serum transaminases, alkaline phosphatase, bilirubin and reversed the antioxidant enzyme and no...

Morphological and micromorphological characteristics of Desmodium fruits (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae).

The genus Desmodium is represented in Santa Catarina State, Brazil, by 13 species, all with lomen- taceous fruits. Shape, size and isthmus margin of loments vary, while the surface is glabrous, or covered by trichomes of different types. Morphological diversity of trichomes becomes particularly relevant to taxonomic description. The trichome types present on the surface of Desmodium fruits prov...