Three new steroidal saponins were isolated from the roots of Smilax officinalis Kunth. Their structures were established as (3β,5β,22α,25S)-26-(β-D-glucopyranosyloxy)-22-hydroxyfurostan-3-yl O-α-L-arabinopyranosyl-(1→6)-O-[β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→4)]-β-D-glucopyranoside, (3β,5α,22α,25S)-26-(β-D-glucopyranosyloxy)-22-hydroxyfurostan-3-yl O-α-L-arabinopyranosyl-(1→6)-O-[β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→4)]-β-...

Four new furostanol saponins 1-4, along with two known furostanol saponins 5 and 6 and one known spirostanol saponin 7 were isolated from the rhizomes and roots of Smilax scobinicaulis. The structures of the new saponins were elucidated as 26-O-β-D-glucopyranoside-3β,26-dihydroxy-(25R)-5α-furostan-22-methoxyl-6-one-3-O-α-L-arabinopyranosyl-(1→6)-β-D-glucopyranoside (1), 26-O-β-D-glucopyranoside...

Background and objectives: Plumeria rubra L. (Apocynaceae) is a deciduous shrub or small tree cultivated in subtropical and tropical countries.  Its bark is prescribed to treat amoebic dysentery,   dropsy, jaundice, scabies, gonorrhea, venereal affections and wounds. In the present research, we aimed to isolate and identify the chemical constituents of the bark of ...

The title compound, C(13)H(24)O(11)·4H(2)O, forms extended hydrogen-bonded networks. These are present between disaccharides, but not as inter-residue hydrogen bonds, as well as to water mol-ecules that in addition form an inter-molecular chain of hydrogen bonds. The conformation of the disaccharide is described by the glycosidic torsion angles ϕ(H) = -34° and ψ(H) = -5°. Macroscopically, the d...

Four new minor diterpene glycosides with a rare α-glucosyl linkage were isolated from a cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase glucosylated stevia extract containing more than 98% steviol glycosides. The new compounds were identified as 13-[(2-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-3-O-(4-O-α-D-glucopyranosyl)-β-D-glucopyranosyl-β-D-glucopyranosyl)oxy] ent-kaur-16-en-19-oic acid-[(4-O-α-D-glucopyranosyl-β-D-glucopyran...