Table 1.

Pharmacological properties of different saponins.

Saponin	Pharmacological Properties	Model	References
Garlic saponins	Lipid lowering, lowering of cholesterol	mice	[10]
Ginsenosides	Anticancer activity	mice	[10]
Aralia taibaiensis saponins	Antioxidant, anti-aging, organ protection	rat	[17]
Gnsenoside Rb2	Improvement of fatty liver disease	mice	[18]
Gnsenoside Rg3	Anticancer activity	mice	[19]
Gnsenoside Rk3	Lowering blood glucose, improving insulin resistance	mice	[20]
Sarsasapogenin	Improvement of rheumatoid arthritis	rat	[21]
Kuding tea saponins	Decrease serum lipids, improve lipid metabolism	mice	[22]
Gypenosides	Enhancement of hypoxia tolerance	mice	[23]
Diosgenin	Anticancer activity	rat	[24]