Compound Monograph
Soyasaponin I
Soyasaponin I is a triterpenoid saponin of Desmodium adscendens and legumes generally — the named member of the soyasaponin group, co-occurring with the BK-channel-opening dehydrosoyasaponin I.
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Where Does It Come From?
Soyasaponin I is a naturally occurring triterpenoid saponin (soyasapogenol-type), found in Tick trefoil. Its toxicity is not yet characterized.
Concentration
Content by Source
Concentrations not reported. No percent-dry-weight or mg/g figures have been published for this compound in its source plants.
Research & Evidence
Soyasaponin I is a triterpenoid saponin of the soyasapogenol series — the group that gives the soyasaponins their name and that occurs widely across the legume family. In Desmodium adscendens it co-occurs with dehydrosoyasaponin I, the molecule that carries the species’ BK-channel activity.
Its own isolate literature within this genus is thin. It is best read here as a companion constituent — useful for characterising the saponin fraction of the herb, rather than as a documented active in its own right. As with everything in Desmodium, the species matters: this belongs to D. adscendens, and does not read across to D. gangeticum.
Toxicity & Safety
No isolated-compound toxicity data were located. Saponins as a class are locally irritant and haemolytic in vitro at high concentration; that class-level caveat is all that can honestly be said here.
