A further study of the substrate specificity in the reduction of 20-oxosteroids with a culture ofActinomyces roseochromogenus

Conclusions A culture ofActinomyces roseochromogenus ATCC 3347 reduces 17-hydroxy- and 16, 17-epoxy-20-oxopregnenes to the corresponding 20-alcohols, but is incapable of reducing 17-acetoxy-, 17-methyl-, and 16-methylprogesterones or 17-unsubstituted 20-oxopregnenes. The results obtained show that the presence of the side chain in a conformation favorable for the formation of 20-alcohols in the reduction of 20-oxosteroids with complex metal hydrides is in itself insufficient for the reduction of the 20-oxosteroids by a culture ofActinomyces roseochromogenus, which also reduces the 20-oxo group of 17-pregnenes.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 38–47, 1970     

Withanolides of Datura stramonium II. Withastramonolide

Summary A new withanolide called withastramonolide has been isolated from the leaves ofDatura stramonium f. violaceae. It has the structure of 5,12,27-trihydroxy-1-oxo-6,7-epoxy-22R-witha-2,24-dienolide.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 91–95, January–February, 1978.     

Steroids LI. The transformation of a series of 20-oxosteroids by a culture of Bacillus megaterium VNIKhFI-1

Summary The substrate specificity of an intact culture ofBacillus megaterium in relation to steroids of the pregnane series with a dihydroxyacetone side chain and without it, and also with steroids containing a 16,17-epoxy ring, has been studied.It has been shown that a culture ofBac. megaterium performs the reduction of a 20-oxo to a 20-hydroxy group only in the case of ⁴-3-oxo-steroids containing a 16,17-epoxy ring.The necessity of a dihydroxyacetone side chain for the -reduction of a 20-oxo group has been established.S. Ordzhonikidze All-Union Scientific-Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry (VNIKhFI). Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 742–747, 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.     

Synthesis of antigenic bacterial polysaccharides and their fragments

Conclusions The free trisaccharide-D-mannopyranosyl(1-4)--L-rhamnopyranosyl(1 3)-D-galactopyranose was obtained, which is the repeating unit of the backbone chain of the O-specific polysaccharides ofSalmonella of serological groups A, B, and D₁.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No.1, pp.165–167, January, 1976.     

Triterpene glycosides ofPatrinia scabiosofolia. I

Conclusions From the fraction of the feebly polar saponins ofPatrinia scabiosofolia Fisch. et Link oleanolic acid, hederagenin, -sitosterol, -D-glucopyranoside, and hederagenin 3--L-arabopyranoside have been isolated.The polar fraction has yielded two triterpene glycosides. It has been established that one of them is oleanolic acid 3-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 4)--L-arabinopyranoside, and the other is hederagenin 3-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 4)--L-arabopyranoside.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 69–74, 1970     

Triterpene glycosides of Astragalus and their genins. XXXI. Cycloorbigenin B from Astragalus orbiculatus

A new methylsteroid of the cycloartane series has been isolated from the epigeal part ofAstragalus orbiculatus Ledeb. (Leguminosae); it has the structure of a (23R,24S)-16,23; 16,24-diepoxycycloartane-3,6,25-tetraol.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Uzbek SSR. Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 6, pp. 809–812, November–December, 1989.     

Spectrophotometric determination of papaverine hydrochloride by reaction with phloxin

A new withasteroid — vamonolide — has been isolated from the epigeal part ofPhysalis angulata L. (Solanaceae). On the basis of spectral characteristics, its structure has been established as 5,14-dihydroxyl-l-oxo-6,7-epoxy-20R,22R-with-2-enolide.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Uzbek SSR Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 856–858, November–December, 1987.     

Pseudocyclobuxin-D from Buxus sempervirens

Summary 1. A new alkaloid, pseudocyclobuxin-D, has been isolated from the leaves and fine flowers ofBuxus sempervirens. The results of a comparison of the physicochemical properties of pseudocyclobuxin-D and its derivatives with cyclobuxin-D and its derivatives has shown that the alkaloid isolated is an isomer of cyclobuxin-D and has the structure of 14-methyl-3,20-di(methylamino)-4-methylene-9,19-cyclo-5-pregnan-16-ol.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 755–760, November–December, 1973.