Saponins are a group of secondary metabolites found in many plants and some marine life. They are by a sterol-based framework to bind to one or more units of sugar. These natural products have great benefits, because dietary compounds, because of potential health benefits. We must be careful intake of them, however, because some water is called poisons.When shaken, saponins such as soap. The initial soapwood root plants, soap, was used as an alternative to soap. Provided the genus name of these compounds. Several well-known members of this class of heart drug digitoxin, digoxin have toxic in high concentrations. Deadly nightshade family is known to produce toxins solanine.Surfactants compounds, can mix oil and water. Saponins have this ability, because of its molecular structure and different types of chemicals at each end. One end of the compound one or more units of sugar, which makes that part of the molecule soluble in water. Other end of the soluble film.
