Planta Medica, Table of Contents Planta Med 1995; 61(1): 76-77DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-958006 Letter © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New YorkHaemolytic Time Course Differences between Steroid and Triterpenoid SaponinsMasayuki Takechi, Yasuo Tanaka Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kinki University, Higashiosaka 577, Japan Recommend Article Abstract PDF Download Buy Article Abstract The time courses of 27 haemolytic saponins out of 75 synthetic steroid and triterpene glycosides were compared. The haemolytic rates of the steroids were fast while those of the triterpenoids were slow. PDF (157 kb)