Afrosymetric method for quantifying saponins in Chenopodium Quinoa Willd. from Colombia

Abstract Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is a pseudocereal that, in addition to presenting good nutritional characteristics in the grain, has secondary metabolites in the episperm of the seeds and, within them, saponins. Saponins are characterized by being emulsifying, foaming and generating a bi...

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Main Authors: A. C. Morillo, E. H. Manjarres, M. S. Mora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia 2022-11-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842022000100756&tlng=en