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Saponaria officinalis L. - Caryophyllaceae
soapwort, bouncing bet, Fuller's herb, Echtes Seifenkraut
Erect perennial herb, 30-70cm high; rootstock red-brown; leaves lanceolate, dark green, cross-opposite; flowers pale pink to white.
„In the Middle East, the root is often used as an additive in the process of making the popular sweet, halvah. The plant is called ‘erq al halaweh in Arabic, çöven in Turkish, and is utilized to stabilize the oils in the mixture or to create a distinctive texture of halvah.“
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saponaria_officinalis
„Traditionally, the plant parts are used as expectorant in bronchitis. It should be noted that soapwort as all remedies with saponines may cause vomiting (in higher doses) and thus is slightly toxic.“
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gew%C3%B6hnliches_Seifenkraut
Root and rhizomes contain 7% total saponin and 1.5% quillaic acid.
[Henry, M. (1989). Saponaria officinalis L.: in vitro culture and the production of triterpenoidal saponins. In Medicinal and Aromatic Plants II (pp. 431-442). Springer Berlin Heidelberg]
Major triterpenoid saponins of the whole plant are saponariosides A and B with quilliac acid as aglycon.
[Major triterpenoid saponins from Saponaria officinalis. Jia, Z., Koike, K., & Nikaido, T., Journal of natural products, Vol.61(11), 1998, 1368-1373]
Main components of the flower scent of S.officinalis are benzenoids, notably methylbenzoate (68%), together with methyl benzene, 1,2-dimethyl benzene, benzaldehyde, benzyl alcohol. Special compounds are benzyl nitrile (2%), benzyl isonitrile (0.5%) and indole (0.5%). Another group are straight-chain aldehydes (C6-C10, together 13%).
[Flower scent composition in Dianthus and Saponaria species (Caryophyllaceae) and its relevance for pollination biology and taxonomy. Jürgens, A., Witt, T., & Gottsberger, G., Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, Vol.31(4), 2003, 345-357]
http://www.pollination.de/SILENE_PROJECT/information/Biochem_Syst_Ecol_2003_31_345-357.pdf