Process for obtaining saponin (escin) 'from na) from horse chestnuts (genuine), characterized in that the aqueous or alcoholic extract reduced from horse chestnut is mixed in the manner known per se with cholesterol in solid form or also in solution, preferably in ether, and stir at elevated temperature, preferably 90-, until, preferably after 1 hour, the aqueous solution no longer shows hemolysis, after which the precipitate of saponin-cholesterol is separated. , pe by centrifugation, after which it is extracted exclusively with ether after washing and drying, the insoluble residue is received in an organic solvent, preferably methanol, purified, if necessary, with activated carbon and the solvent is removed by distillation. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)
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