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Plants of the genus Allium have long been used both as food and drugs and are well known for their production of steroidal saponins as the main secondary metabolites [1]. Much work on the biological activity of this group of compounds have been performed [2]. For instance, these saponins have shown to posses an antitumour activity [3] and the ability to decrease the level of cholesterol in serum [1].
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Akhov, L.S., Musienko, M.M., Shishova, Y., Polishuk, V.P., Oleszek, W. (2000). Biological Activity of Deltoside from Allium Nutans L.. 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_23
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