Isolation and characterization of biologically active saponins from Chlorophytum species

The purpose of this project is to carry out isolation, structure determination by modern NMR and MS techniques and bioassays of steroid saponins from Chlorophytum species indigenous to India in order to find new biologically active compounds as potent cytotoxic agents which could find applications in Phytomedicine or as insecticidal agents which could find applications in the economic food-agricultural field.