Sapindus mukorossi

The first soaps were probably the saps of plants such as Chloro-galum pomeridianum, the roots of which can be crushed in water to form a lather. Other plants, such as soapbark (Quillaja saponaria), soapberry (Sapindus mukorossi), and soapwort (Saponaria officinalis) also contain the same main ingredient, a compound called saponin, which forms the foamy lather. 

Kuo YH, Huang HC, Yang Kuo LM, et al. New dammarane-type saponins from the galls of Sapindus mukorossi. J Agric Food Chem 2005 53 4722-4727. 

Takagi K, Park EH, Kato H. Anti-inflammatory activities of hederagenin and crude saponin isolated from Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 1980 28 1183-1188. 

Sapindus mukorossi Gaertner Wu Huan Shu (Bodhi seeds) (flower, fruit, seed, root) Saponin, mukorosside.60-450 For conjuctivitis, eye diseases, removes freckles and suntan. 

Sapindus mukorossi Gaertner Acanthopanax gracilistylus, A. spinosum Miq. 

Water, methanol and ethanol extracts of Sapindus mukorossi... 

Agarwal N, Kamra DN, Chaudhary LC et al (2006) Effect of Sapindus mukorossi extracts on in vitro methanogenesis and fermentation characteristics in buffalo rumen liquor. J Appl Anim Res 30 1-4... 

Calophyllum inophyllum, Nicotianm tabacum, Hevea brasiliensis, Carmellia, Corton megalocarpus, Simarouba glauca, Alagae, Desert date, Sapindus mukorossi, etc., are naturally available and can be used for biodiesel production (Tiwari et al., 2007 Ahmed et al., 2011). 

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