Steroids of the furostan and spirostan series from Nolina microcarpa II. structures of nolinospiroside D and nolinofurosides D, E, and F

Proofs are given of the structures of two new glycosides of the furostan series isolated from the leaves of the plantNolina microscarpa S. Wats. (family Dracaenaceae). Nolinofuroside D is (25S)-furost-5-ene-1,3,22,26-tetraol 1-O--D-galactopyranoside 26-O--D-glucopyranoside (I), and nolinofuroside F is (25S)-furost-5-ene-1,3,22,26-tetraol 1-O--D-fucopyranoside 26-O--D-glucopyranoside 3-O--L-rhamnopyranoside (VII). The latter was characterized as its 22-O-methyl ether (VIII). Nolinofuroside E (IV) has the structure of (25S)-furost-5-ene-1,3,22,26-tetraol 26-O--glucopyranoside 1-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(12)--D-fucopyranoside], which followed from the structure of the fermentation product (VI). The products of the fermentation of the above-named compounds were present in the plant in only trace amounts. Only one of them — nolinospiroside D (III) — has not been described previously. This monoside of the spirostan series is (25S)-spirost-5-ene-1,3-diol 1-O--D-galactopyranoside.M. V. Frunze Simferopol' State University. Institute of Chemistry of Plant Substances, Uzbek Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 678–686, September–October, 1991.     

Steroids of the spirostan and furostan series from Nolina microcarpa IV. Structures of nolinogenin,nolinospiroside B,and nolinofuroside B

A glycoside has been isolated from the plantNolina microcarpa S. Wats. (family Dracaenaceae) which has been called nolinofuroside B and has the structure of 6-methoxy-3,5-cyclo-(25S)-furostan-1,22,26-triol 1-O--D-fucopyranoside 26-O--D-glucopyranoside (I). Enzymatic hydrolysis of the bioside (I) yielded nolinospiroside B (III) and nolinogenin (IV). The latter is 6-methoxy-3,5-cyclo-(25S)-spirostan-6-ol, and glycoside (III) is its 1-O--D-fucopyranoside.M. V. Frunze Simferopol' State University. Institute of Chemistry of Plant Substances, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 218–224, March–April, 1992.     

Triterpene glycosides ofAstragalus and their genins XLV. The chemical transformation of cycloartanes 1. Synthesis of 25-norglycosides

Literature information is given on the current state of the study of the chemical transformation of cycloartane triterpenoids. A method has been developed for the transformation of the genin part of glycosides of 20,24-epoxycycloartan-25-ols with retention of the carbohydrate constituents. Three 25-norglycosides have been synthesized from natural cyclosieversigenin glycosides, namely 16-acetoxy-3,6-dihydroxy-20R,25-norcycloartan-20,24-olide 3-O-[O--L-arabinopyranosyl-(12)--D-xylopyranoside] 6-O--D-xylopyranoside (VIII), sodium 3,6,16,20-tetrahydroxy-20R,25-norcycloartan-24-oate 6-O--D-glucopyranoside 3-O--D-xylopyranoside (XII), and 20R,25-norcycloartane-3,6,16,20,24-pentaol 6-O--D-glucopyranoside 3-O--D-xylopyranoside (XIII).Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 710–718, September–October, 1993.     

Steroids of the spirostan and furostan series from plants of the genus Allium. XXVII. Alliosterol and allosides A and B from Allium suvorovii and Allium stipitatum — Structural analogs of furostanols

Two new glycosides of the cholestane series (allosides A and B) have been isolated from the fruit of the cocultivatedAllium suvorovii Rgi. andAllium stipitatum Rgl. (family Liliaceae, local name anzur). The acid hydrolysis of both compounds gave a sterol not previously described, which has been called alliosterol and has the structure of (22S)-cholest-5-ene-1, 3, 16, 22-tetraol, and the product of its dehvdration, which is (16S, 22S)-furost-5-ene-1, 3-diol. Alloside A is the 16-O--D-galactopyranoside, and alloside B the 16-O--D-galactopyranoside 1-O--D-glucopyranoside of alliosterol.Institute of Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 231–241, March–April, 1991.     

Structures of some lilioglycosides from the bulbs ofLilium regale

Six steroid glycosides, which gave been called lilioglycosides B, C, E, F, H, and I have been isolated from fresh bulbs ofLilium regale Wills. The structure of each compound has been determined by methods of physicochemical analysis. This is the first time that lilioglycosides B, C, H, and I, have been described; they are, respectively: (25S)-spirost-5-ene-3,27-diol3-O--D-glucopyranoside; (25R)-spirost-5-ene-3,27-diol3-O--D-glucopyranoside27-(3-hydroxy-3-methylglutarate); (25S)-spirost-5-ene-3,27-diol3-O-{[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(12)],[O--D-glucopyranosyl-(13)]--D-glucopyranoside}; and (25S)-spirost-5-ene-3,27-diol 3-O-{[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(12)],[O--D-glucopyranosyl-(13)]-O--D-glucopyranoside} 27-[(S)-3-hydroxy-3-methylglutarate].Institute of Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Moldava, 2002, Kishinev, ul. Padurilor, 20. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 841–847, November–December, 1997.     

Steroid saponins and sapogenins ofAllium. XVI. Turoside C fromAllium turcomanicum

From a methanolic extract of the bulbs ofAllium turcomanicum Rgl. we have isolated a new furostanol glycoside, turoside C (I). An acid hydrolysate was found to contain the aglycone — neoagigenin (II) — and the sugars D-xylose, D-glucose, and D-galactose in a ratio of 1:4:1. The structure of the furostanol (I) has been established by methylation, enzymatic hydrolysis, and oxidative cleavage, and also by the oxidative cleavage of (II), as (25S)-5-furostan-2,3,6,22,26-pentaol 26-O--D-glucopyranoside 3-O-{[O--D-xylopyranosyl-(13)]-[O--D-glucopyranosyl-(12)-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(12)]-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(14)--D-galacto-pyranoside}.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 514–522, July–August, 1979.     

Triterpene glycosides of Astragalus and their genins. XXIV. Cycloorbicoside G from Astragalus orbiculatus

A bisdesmosidic glycoside — cycloorbicoside G — has been isolated from the epigeal parts of the plantAstragalus orbiculatus Ledeb. (Leguminosae), and on the basis of chemical transformations and spectral characteristics its structure has been established as (23R,24S)-16,23;16,24-diepoxycycloartane-3,7,25-triol 25-O--D-glucopyranoside 3-O--D-xylopyranoside.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Uzbek SSR Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 837–842, November–December, 1987.     

Triterpeneglycosides of Astragalus and their genins. XXV. Cyclocanthoside D from Astragalus tragacantha

The epigeal part of the plant ofAstragalus tragacantha Habl. (Leguminosae) has yielded, together with cyclosieversigenin 3-O--D-xylopyranoside, a new glycoside of the cycloartane series — cyclocanthoside D, the structure of which has been established on the basis of chemical transformations and spectral characteristics as 24S-cycloartane-3,6,16,24,25-pentaol 16-O--D-glucopyranoside 3-O--D-xylopyranoside.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 73–76, January–February, 1988.     

Triterpene glycosides ofFatsia japonica. I. Isolation and structure of glycosides fromFatsia japonica seeds

The known triterpene glycosides hederagenin 3-O--L-arabinopyranoside, hederagenin 3-O-\-D-glucopyranoside, oleanolic acid 3-O--sophoroside, hederagenin 3-O--sophoroside, and their 28-O--gentiobiosyl esters, respectively, in addition to the new triterpene glycoside 3-O--sophorosyl-28-O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(14)-O--gentiobiosyl hederagenin are isolated fromFatsia japonica (Araliaceae) seeds. The structures of these glycosides are established using chemical and spectral methods.Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 131–133, March–April, 2000.     

Triterpene Glycosides of Tragacantha Stipulosa and Their Genins. Structures of Askendosides G and D and Cycloglobiceposide B from One- and Two-Dimensional 1H and 13C NMR Spectroscopy

Roots of Tragacantha stipulosa Boriss yielded three triterpene glycosides of the cycloartane series: askendoside G (1), askendoside D (2), and cycloglobiceposide B (3). Glycoside 1 is 3-O--L-arabinopyranosyl-(12)--D-xylopyranoside; 16-O--D-glucopyranoside-24R-cycloartan-3,6,16,24,25-pentaol; 2 - 3-O--L-arabinopyranosyl-(12)--D-xylopyranoside; 6-O--D-xylopyranoside-20R,24S-epoxycycloartan-3,6,16,25-tetraol; 3 - 3-O--D-xylopyranoside; 16-O--D-glucopyranoside; 25-O--D-glucopyranoside-24R-cycloartan-3,6,16,24,25-pentaol.     

Structure of Cyclogaleginoside E from Astragalus galegiformis

The new cycloartane glycoside cyclogaleginoside E, 20S,24R-cycloartan-3,6,16,25-tetraol-3-O--D-xylopyranoside-25-O--D-glucopyranoside, was isolated from stems of Astragalus galegiformis L. Its structure was established using enzymatic and total acid hydrolysis, mass spectrometry, and PMR and ¹³C NMR.     

Triterpene Glycosides of Astragalus and Their Genins. LXVI. Cycloorbicoside C, a New Bisdesmoside

The new triterpene glycoside cycloorbicoside C was isolated from the aerial parts of Astragalus orbiculatus Ledeb. (Leguminosae) and was identified as (23R,24S)-16,23;16,24-diepoxycycloartan-3,25-diol 3-O--D-xylopyranoside 25-O--D-glucopyranoside.     

Cardiac glycosides of Cheiranthus allioni. XI

Summary Another three cardiac glycosides have been isolated from the seeds ofCheiranthus allioni hort. One of them has been identified as digifucocellobioside (digitoxigenin 3 -O-[O--D-glycopyranosyl(1 4)-O--D-glucopyranosyl(1 4)-O--D-fucopyranoside]). The two other glycosides, called digitoxigenin gulomethyloside and glucodigigulomethyloside are, respectively, digitoxigenin 3 -O--D-gulomethyloside and digitoxigenin 3 -O-(4-O--D-glucosyl--D-gulomethyloside).For Communication X, see [1].Khar'kov Scientific-Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry. All-Union Scientific-Research Institute of Medicinal Plants. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 754–758, November–December, 1975.     

Steroids of the spirostan and furostan series from plants of the genus Allium. XXI. Structure of alliospiroside a and alliofuroside a from Allium cepa

Two new steroid glycosides have been isolated from the generative organs (pericarps and peduncles) ofAllium cepa L.: alliospiroside A and alliofuroside A. According to chemical transformations and spectral characteristics, alliospiroside A has the structure of (25S)-spirost-5-ene-1,3-diol 1-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1 2)--L-arabinopyranoside]. The structure of (25S)-furost-5-ene-1,3,22,26-tetraol 20-O--D-glucopyranoside 1-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1 2)--L-arabinopyranoside] has been established for alliofuroside A.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 188–196, March–April, 1986.     

Triterpene Glycosides and Their Genins from Tragacantha stipulosa. Structure of Cyclostipuloside C

A new cycloartane glycoside of the cyclostipuloside C series, 3-O--D-xylopyranoside-6,16-di-O--D-glucopyranoside-20S-24R-epoxycycloartan-3,6,16,25-tetraol is isolated from aerial organs of Tragacantha stipulosa Boriss.     

New asterosaponins from the starfishDismolasterias nipon

Three new glycosides, D₁, D₂, and D₃, have been isolated from the Far Eastern starfishDistolasterias nipon. They have been identified by chemical and physicochemical methods as 5-cholestane÷3,6,8,15,24-pentaol 3,24-di-O--D-xylopyranoside, t-cholest-22-ene-3,6,8,15,24-pentaol 3,24-di-O--D-xylopyranoside (II), and 5-cholestane-3,6,8,15,24-pentaol 24-O--D-glucopyranoside 3-O--D-xylopyranoside (III).Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Scientific Center, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 250–255, March–April, 1987.     

Triterpenoid Glycosides of Fatsia japonica. II. Isolation and Structure of Glycosides from the Leaves

The previously known triterpenoid 3-O--L-arabinopyranosides of oleanolic and echinocystic acids and hederagenin, 3-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(12)-O--L-arabinopyranosides of oleanolic acid and hederagenin, in addition to 28-O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(14)-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(16)-O--D-glucopyranosyl ethers of the 3-O--L-arabinopyranoside of hederagenin, and 3-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(12)-O--L-arabinopyranosides of oleanolic acid and hederagenin, respectively, are isolated from leaves ofFatsia japonica(Araliaceae). The structures of the glycosides are confirmed by chemical methods and ¹³ C NMR spectroscopy     

<Superscript>1</Superscript>H and <Superscript>13</Superscript>C NMR spectra of some drimanic sesquiterpenoids

One- and two-dimensional homo- and heteronuclear correlation proton, carbon, proton—proton, and proton—carbon NMR spectra of fifteen drimanic sesquiterpenoids: 11,12-dibromodrima-5,8-dien-7-one, drim-8-en-7-one, 11-hydroxydrim-8-en-7-one, 11,12-dihydroxydrim-8-en-7-one, 11-hydroxy-11,12-epoxydrim-8-en-7-one, 11-hydroxy-11,12-epoxydrim-8-en-7-one, 8,9-epoxydriman-7-one, 8,9-epoxydriman-7-ol, 11,12-diacetoxydrim-8-en-7-ol, drimane-7,8,11-triol, 7,8-isopropylidenedioxydriman-11-al, 9, 11-dihydroxydrim-7-en-6-one, drimane-7,8,9-triol, drimane-7,8,11-triol, and drim-8-ene-7,11,12-triol were studied. The proton and carbon chemical shifts were assigned.__________Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2589–2594, December, 2004.     

Triterpene saponins fromThalictrum minus. VII. Structure of thalicoside E

A new minor cycloartane glycoside — thalicoside E, 9,19-cyclo-20(S)-lanost-23-ene-3,16,22,25,29-pentaol 3-O--D-galactoside 29-O--D-glucopyranoside — has been isolated from the epigeal part ofThalictrum minus L. (Ranunculaceae).Irkutsk Institute of Organic Chemistry (IrIOKh). Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 567–571, July–August, 1993.     

Triterpene Glycosides of Fatsia japonica. VI. Structures of Glycosides D3a and D3b

Seeds of Fatsia japonica (Araliaceae) yielded the new glycosides of gypsogenin: 3-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(12)-O--D-glucopyranoside and 3-O--D-galactopyranosyl-(12)-O--D-glucopyranoside. The structures of these compounds were established by chemical methods and NMR spectroscopy.