A new triterpene glycoside from fruit of <Emphasis Type=Italic>Phytolacca americana</Emphasis>

Glycosides H and I, the structures of which were established by modern physicochemical analytical methods (PMR, ¹³C NMR, COSY, TOCSY, HMBC, MS) and acid-base hydrolysis, were isolated from the purified total saponins from fruit of Phytolacca americana containing at least 10 triterpene glycosides by rechromatography of enriched fractions over a column of silica gel. Glycoside H was a bidesmoside of phytolaccageninic acid, which was isolated earlier from cell culture of Phytolacca acinosa. Glycoside I was 3-O-(β-D-xylopyranosyl-(1 → 3)-β-D-galactopyranosyl-(1 → 3)- β -D-xylopyranosyl)-28-O- β -D-glucopyranosyl phytolaccagenin, which was isolated by us for the first time.