More data from red blood cells

The quality of countless blood samples around the globe depends on high-quality saponins manufactured by Medicago. Saponins are used to optimize the efficiency of hemolysis, yielding more valuable information from blood samples.

A key part of blood sampling
‍Hemolysis is defined as the rupturing, or lysis, of red blood cells. In blood sampling, hemolysis exposes as many measurable variables per cell as in order to optimize the quality of the analysis. This makes hemolysis a key part of any blood analysis work and an important tool for health professionals around the world. 

‍High-efficiency hemolysis High-efficiency hemolysis is particularly important when blood volumes are scarce, e.g. in modern point-of-care applications using hand held instruments for analysis. Successful results following hemolysis depend on the immediate presentation of blood data to medical staff and patients, without a time-consuming turn to the lab. 

Unique purification method
Medicago has developed saponin widely renowned for its purity and hemolytic activity. The secret behind the product’s excellent performance stems from meticulous purification. Medicago has benefitted strongly from experiences gained over decades of purifying lectins sharing many of saponin’s properties.

More active saponin molecules
The high purity of our saponin is the result of a large number of purification steps – more than industry standard. Each purification step is also more comprehensive than is commonplace in the industry. In addition, Medicago's saponin is renowned for its high number of active saponin molecules relative to less active ones – the primary performance criterion when it comes to saponin quality and hemolysis efficiency. 

Careful handling of raw materials – part of product excellence
Achieving the highest saponin quality begins already in the handling of raw materials. We refine the raw material ourselves, grinding down the roots of the Manchurian baby's-breath, or Oldham's baby's-breath (Gypsophila oldhamiana). This means we control most of the manufacturing chain ourselves, which is key to our product quality. Capturing the highest number of active molecules, we are able to offer the global blood-sampling industry saponin with a very high hemolysis efficiency.