Characterization and antimutagenic activity of soybean saponins

Mark A. Berhow, Elizabeth D. Wagner, Steven F. Vaughn, Michael J. Plewa

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Abstract

An extract was prepared from a commercial soybean-processing by-product (soybean molasses) and was fractionated into purified chemical components. In previous work, this extract (phytochemical concentrate, PCC) repressed induced genomic DNA damage, whole cell clastogenicity and point mutation in cultured mammalian cells. In the current study, a chemical fraction was isolated from PCC using preparative high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). This fraction, PCC100, repressed 2-acetoxyacetylaminofluorene (2AAAF)-induced DNA damage in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells as measured by single cell gel electrophoresis (alkaline Comet assay). Using liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-mass spectroscopy and 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, PCC100 was shown to consist of a mixture of group B soyasaponins and 2,3-dihydro-2,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl-4H- pyran-4-one (DDMP) soyasaponins. These include soyasaponins I, II, III, IV, V, Be, βg, βa, γg and γa. Purified soyasapogenol B aglycone prepared from fraction PCC100 demonstrated significant antigenotoxic activity against 2AAAF. To our knowledge, these data demonstrate for the first time the antimutagenic activity of soybean saponins in mammalian cells. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)11-22
Number of pages12
JournalMutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis
Volume448
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 14 2000

Keywords

  • Chemical fractionation
  • Chemoprotectant
  • Chinese hamster ovary cells
  • Comet assay
  • Phytochemical
  • Sapogenol
  • Saponin
  • Single cell gel electrophoresis (SCGE)
  • Soybean

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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