title: Antioxidative effects of dihydro-gamma-pyronyl-triterpenoid saponin (chromosaponin I).
abstract: Chromosaponin I (CSI), the naturally occurring form of soyasaponin I, inhibited the oxidation of soybean phosphatidylcholine liposomal membranes induced by a water-soluble radical initiator, 2,2'-azobis(2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride. The antioxidative activity of CSI was similar to that of urate. Soyasaponin I, a degraded product of CSI, which has previously been thought to be an antioxidant, exerted no antioxidative activity.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Rokkodai, Nada-ku, Japan
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsujino
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsurumi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Niki
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D018532:Pisum sativum / Q000737:chemistry; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry; D012503:Saponins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D012503:Saponins; C075945:chromosaponin I