"Saponins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A type of glycoside widely distributed in plants. Each consists of a sapogenin as the aglycone moiety, and a sugar. The sapogenin may be a steroid or a triterpene and the sugar may be glucose, galactose, a pentose, or a methylpentose.
| Descriptor ID |
D012503
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D09.408.782
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| 1994 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1995 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Saponins" by people in Profiles.
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Functional imaging of mitochondrial redox state. Methods Enzymol. 2002; 352:135-50.
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Defective mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation in myopathies with tubular aggregates originating from sarcoplasmic reticulum. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2001 Nov; 60(11):1032-40.
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Permeabilized cell and skinned fiber techniques in studies of mitochondrial function in vivo. Mol Cell Biochem. 1998 Jul; 184(1-2):81-100.
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Functional imaging of mitochondria in saponin-permeabilized mice muscle fibers. J Cell Biol. 1998 Mar 09; 140(5):1091-9.
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Oxygen dependence of flux control of cytochrome c oxidase -- implications for mitochondrial diseases. FEBS Lett. 1998 Jan 23; 422(1):33-5.
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Use of saponin-permeabilized muscle fibers for the diagnosis of mitochondrial diseases. Biofactors. 1998; 7(3):221-3.
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Laser-excited fluorescence studies of mitochondrial function in saponin-skinned skeletal muscle fibers of patients with chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1995 Dec 12; 1272(3):181-4.
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Distribution of flux control among the enzymes of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation in calcium-activated saponin-skinned rat musculus soleus fibers. Eur J Biochem. 1995 Jun 01; 230(2):549-54.
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Caffeine and Ca2+ stimulate mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation in saponin-skinned human skeletal muscle fibers due to activation of actomyosin ATPase. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1994 Dec 30; 1188(3):373-9.
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Measurement of fluorescence changes of NAD(P)H and of fluorescent flavoproteins in saponin-skinned human skeletal muscle fibers. Anal Biochem. 1994 Feb 01; 216(2):322-7.
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