Soyasaponin III is one of the main potentially bioactive saponins found in soy (Glycine max) and related products,and can induce apoptosis in Hep-G2 cells.
Dehydrosoyasaponin I methyl ester, also known as Soyasaponin Be methyl ester, is a saponin compound that is naturally occurring in Trifolium alexandrinum.
Soyacerebroside II exhibits ionophoretic activity for Ca2+ ion. Soyacerebrosides I and II have modulating the cellular immune response effects, they show obvious inhibitory activity on IL-18 secretion in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC).
Soyasapogenol A shows estrogenic and hepatoprotective activities, it directly prevents apoptosis of hepatocytes, and secondly, inhibits the elevation of plasma TNF-α±, which consequently resulted in the prevention of liver damage in the concanavalin A-induced hepatitis model.