Saponins are natural detergents (surfactants) found in a variety of plants. The two major commercial sources are desert plants: Yucca schidigera from Mexico and Quillaja saponaria from Chile. Yucca saponins have a steroid nucleus, whereas Quillaja saponins are triterpenoid in structure. Saponins contain a lipophilic nucleus (steroid or triterpenoid) and one or more water– soluble carbohydrate s...

Threats connected with contamination of environment heavy metals include negative influence on human and animal health also negatively the biodiversity ecosystems. While applying various techniques metal remediation from soils, an important problem is adsorption ions solid particles. In this respect, composition properties soil strongly affect efficiency process. Therefore, aim study was to det...