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Quillaja saponaria, the soap bark tree or soapbark, is an evergreen tree in the family Quillajaceae, native to warm temperate central Chile. In Chile it occurs from 32 to 40° South Latitude approximately and at up to 2000 m (6500 ft) above sea level.
Quillaia is the milled inner bark or small stems and branches of the soapbark (Quillaja saponaria). Other names include Murillo bark extract, Panama bark extract, Quillaia extract, Quillay bark extract, Soapbark extract, and Quillajae cortex. Quillaia contains high concentrations of saponins that can be increased further by processing.
Quillaja is a genus of flowering plants, the only extant genus in the family Quillajaceae with two or three known species. [1] It was once thought to be in the rose family, Rosaceae, [2] but recent research shows it belongs in its own family. The inner bark of the soap bark tree (Q. saponaria) contains saponin, which is a natural soap.
Some of the most famous research on the benefits of indoor plants was conducted in 1989 by NASA in conjunction with the Associated Landscape Contractors of America (ALCA). The NASA Clean Air Study ...
The key components of ISCOMs are the Quillaja saponins, which are derived from the bark of the Chilean soap-bark tree Quillaja saponaria Molina. Quillaja saponins are well known for their ability to activate the immune system. It is also known that saponins in general can have toxic side-effects, including the induction of haemolysis. However ...
They are present in a wide range of plant species throughout the bark, leaves, stems, roots and flowers but particularly in soapwort (genus Saponaria), a flowering plant, the soapbark tree (Quillaja saponaria), common corn-cockle (Agrostemma githago L.), baby's breath (Gypsophila spp.) and soybeans (Glycine max L.).
Quillajaceae, the soapbark family, [1] is a family of flowering plants. It contains a single extant genus Quillaja, containing only two species, [2] and one fossil species, Dakotanthus cordiformis. [3] Quillaja saponaria at Jardí Botànic de Barcelona
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