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The saponin mixture “escin” from the seeds of the horse chestnut tree (Aesculus hippocastanum L., Hippocastanaceae) is employed in therapy of peripheral vascular disorders and also in cosmetics for prevention and treatment of cellulitis. The isolation and structure elucidation of saponin constituents in “escin” have been the target of many investigations and the structures of two major saponins were hitherto presumed on the basis of chemical and physicochemical evidence obtained by using the saponin mixture and sapogenol mixture [1–3]. Recently, the isolation of two saponins from commercial β-escin using HPLC was reported and their MS data were analyzed on the basis of the previous structures [4, 5].
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Yoshikawa, M., Matsuda, H. (2000). Chemical and Pharmacological Studies on Triterpene Saponins, Escins, from Horse Chestnut Seeds. In: Oleszek, W., Marston, A. (eds) Saponins in Food, Feedstuffs and Medicinal Plants. Proceedings of the Phythochemical Society of Europe, vol 45. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9339-7_20
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