Triterpene glycosides fromHedera canariensis VI. Structure of L-G1 and L-G1b glycosides from leaves of canary ivy

Two new minor triterpene glycosides L-G₁, and L-G_2b, the 3-O-α-L-arabinopyranosyl-28-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→4)-O-β-D-gentiobiosyl and 3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-O-α-L-arabinopyranosyl-28-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→4)-O-(6-O-acetyl-β-D-glucopyranosyl)-(1→6)-O-β-D glucopyranosyl esters of 30-norhederagenin, respectively, are isolated from the leaves of canary ivy (Hedera canariensis Willd.). The structures of the glycosides are found by chemical methods and¹H and¹³C NMR spectroscopy. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 623–626, September–October, 1999.     

Triterpene glycosides ofHedera taurica. XI. Structures of taurosides St-G1, St-H1, and St-H2 from the stems of Crimean ivy

The previously known glycosides 3-O-α-L-arabinopyranosyl-28-O-[α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→4)-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→6)-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl]hederagenin and 3-O-[α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-O-α-L-arabinopyranosyl]-28-O-[α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→4)-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→6)-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl]hederagenin and the new triterpene glycoside tauroside St-H₁ — 3-O-β-D-glucopyransyl-28-O-[α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→4)-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→6)-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl]hederagenin — have been isolated from the stems ofHedera taurica Carr. M. V. Frunze Simferopol' State University. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 571–579, July–August, 1993.     

Triterpene glycosides ofHedera canariensis III. Determination of the structures of glycosides L-F1, L-F2, and L-I2 from the leaves of Algerian ivy

The leaves of Algerian ivyHedera canariensis Willd. (Araliaceae) have yielded two new triterpene glycosides — caulophyllogenin 3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-O-α-L-arabinopyranoside (L-F₂) and its 28-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→4)-O-β-D-gentiobiosyl ester (L-I₂) - and also the previously known hederagenin 3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (L-F₁). The structures of the glycosides were established on the basis of chemical transformations and¹H and¹³C NMR spectroscopy. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 777–781, November–December, 1998.     

Triterpene glycosides of Hedera taurica VI. Structures of hederosides G,H1, H2, and I from the berries of Crimean ivy

We have isolated from Crimean ivy berries in addition previously known triterpene glycosides — 3-O-α-L-arabinopyranosyl-28-O-[O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1 → 4)-O-β-D-glycopyranosyl-(1 → 6)-β-D-glucopyranosyl]hederagenin, 3-O-[O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1 → 2)-α-L-arabinopyranosyl]-28-O-[O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1 → 4)-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1 → 6)-β-D-glycopyranosyl]hederagenin, the new triterpene glycosides hederoside H₂-3-O-[O-β-D-glycopyranosyl-(1 → 2)-β-D-glycopyranosyl-(1 → 2)-β-D-glucopyranosyl]-28-O-[O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1 → 6)-β-D-glucopyranosyl]oleanolic acid- and hederoside I-3-O-[O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1 → 2)-β-D-glucopyranosyl]-28-O-[O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1 → 6)-β-D-glucopyranosyl]hederagenin. Details of their¹³C NMR spectra are given. M. V. Frunze Simferopol' State University. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 779–783, November–December, 1990.     

Triterpene glycosides ofHedera helix I. The structures of glycosides L-1, L-2a,L-2b,L-3, L-4a,L-4b,L-6a,L-6b,L-6c,L-7a,and L7-b from the leaves of common ivy

The leaves of common ivy have yielded 11 triterpene glycosides: the 3-O-α-L-pyranosides of oleanolic acid (1), of echinocystic acid (2), and of hederagenin; the 3-O-[O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-α-L-arabinopyranoside]s of oleanolic acid (4), of echinocystic acid (5), and of hederagenin (6); the O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→4)-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→6)-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl ester of hederagenin 3-O-α-L-pyranoside (7); the O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→6)-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl ester of hederagenin 3-O-[O-α-L-pyranosyl-(1→2)-α-L-arabinopyranoside] (9); and the O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→4)-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→6)-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl esters of oleanolic acid, echinocystic acid, and hederagenin 3-O-[O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-β-D-glucopyranoside]s (8), (10), and (11), respectively. This is the first time that compounds (1), (2), (5), (7), (9), and (10) have been found in this plant. Simferopol' State University. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 742–746, November–December, 1994.     

Triterpene glycosides of Thalictrum squarrosum. IV. Structures of squarrosides A1, A2, B1, and B2

Four new cycloartane glycosides have been isolated from a methanolic extract ofThalictrum squarrosum Stephan ex Willd.: squarroside A1 (I) — (21R, 22S, 23R)-3β-(β-D-glucopyranosyloxy)-21α-methoxy-21,23-epoxycycloart-24-ene-22β,30-diol, C₃₀H₆₀O₁₀; squarroside A2 (II) — the (21S)-epimer of compound (I); squarroside B1 (III) (21R, 22S, 23R)-3gb-[O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1 → 6)-β-D-glucopyranosyloxy]-21α-methoxy-21,23-epoxycycloart-24-ene-22β,30-diol, C₄₃H₇₀O₁₄; and squarroside B2 (IV) — the (21S)-epimer of compound (III). The proposed structures were determined on the basis of¹H and¹³C NMR spectroscopy, FAB mass spectrometry, and chemical transformations. Irkutsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch, USSR Academy of Sciences. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 516–523, July–August, 1989.     

Triterpene glycosides ofHedera canariensis II. Determination of the structures of glycosides L-E2 and L-H3 from the leaves of Algerian ivy

The structures of two new triterpene glycosides, L-E₂ and L-H₃ from the leaves of Algerian ivyHedera canariensis Willd. (fam. Araliaceae), have been established on the basis of chemical and spectral characteristics: they are 30-norhederagenin 3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-O-α-L-arabinopyranoside and the 28-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→4)-O-β-D-gentiobiosyl ester of 30-norhederagenin 3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-O-α-L-arabinopyranoside, respectively. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 772–776, November–December, 1998.     

Triterpene glycosides from Kalopanax septemlobum. VI. Glycosides from leaves of Kalopanax septemlobum var. typicum introduced to crimea

Thirteen known glycosides of hederagenin and oleanolic acid and the three new triterpene glycosides of oleanolic acid-28-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→4)-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→6)-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl ester 3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→4)-O-β-D-xylopyranosyl-(1→ 3)-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-O-α-L-arabinopyranoside of oleanolic acid and the 28-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→4)-O-6-O-acetyl-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→ 6)-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl esters 3-O-β-D-xylopyranosyl-(1→3)-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-O-α-L-arabinopyranoside of oleanolic acid and 3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→4)-O-β-Dxylopyranosyl-(1→3)-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→ 2)-O-α-L-arabinopyranoside of oleanolic acid were isolated from leaves of Kalopanax septemlobum var. typicum introduced to Crimea. __________ Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 40–43, January–February, 2006.     

Triterpene and steroidal glycosides from the genus <Emphasis Type="Italic">Melilotus</Emphasis> and their genins.

Three new triterpene oleanane glycosides, melilotosides A₁, B₁, and C₁, and non-glycosylated soyasapogenol B were isolated from Melilotus officinalis (L.) Pall. (Fabaceae) roots. The structures of the glycosides were proved using chemical transformations and spectral data. Melilotoside A₁ is soyasapogenol B 3-O-β-Dxylopyranoside; melilotoside B₁, soyasapogenol B 3-O-[β-D-galactopyranosyl-(1-2)-f-D-xylopyranoside]; melilotoside C₁, soyasapogenol B 3-O-[α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-2)-β-D-galactopyranosyl(1-2)-β-Dxylopyranoside].     

Triterpene Glycosides from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Cussonia paniculata</Emphasis>. II. Acetylated Glycosides from Leaves

Structures of 13 new acetylated triterpene glycosides from leaves of Cussonia paniculata (Araliaceae) were established as 28-O-(2-O-acetyl- and 3-O-acetyl-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl)-(1→4)-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→6)-O-β -D-glucopyranosides of 23-hydroxybetulinic acid (1a and 1b) and hederagenin (2a and 2b), 3-O-α-L-arabinopyranosyl-28-O-(2-O-acetyl- and 3-O-acetyl-a-L-rhamnopyranosyl)-(1→ 4)-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→6)-O-β-D-glycopyranosides of oleanic (3a and 3b) and ursolic (3c and 3d) acids, 3-O-α-L-arabinopyranosyl-28-O-(4-O-acetyl-, 2-O-acetyl-, and 3-O-acetyl-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl)-(1→4)-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→ 6)-O-β-D-glucopyranosides of hederagenin (4, d5a and 5b), and 3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→2)-O-α-L-arabinopyranosyl-28-O-(2-O-acetyl- and 3-O-acetyl-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl)-(1→4)-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→6)-O-β-D- glucopyranosides of oleanic acid (6a and 6b). The structures of the compounds were established using chemical methods and NMR spectroscopy. __________ Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 351–356, July–August, 2005.     

Triterpene glycosides from Cussonia paniculata. III. Structure of glycosides I1, I2, J1a, J1b, J2, K, L1, and L2 from C. paniculata leaves

Structures of eight triterpene glycosides, of which the 28-O-(2-O-acetyl-and 3-O-acetyl-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl)-(1→4)-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→ 6)-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl esters of hederagenin 3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→ 2)-O-α-L-arabinopyranoside (J_1a and J_1b) were new, from Cussonia paniculata (Araliaceae) leaves were established using chemical and NMR spectroscopic methods. __________ Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 149–152, March–April, 2006.     

Triterpene glycosides from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Lonicera</Emphasis>. Isolation and structural determination of seven glycosides from flower buds of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Lonicera macranthoides</Emphasis>

The structures of seven triterpene glycosides (1–7), of which the 23-O-acetyl, 28-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→6)-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl ester of hederagenin 3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→3)-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-O-α-L-arabinopyranoside (2) was new, from the flower buds of Lonicera macranthoides were established using chemical and NMR spectroscopic methods. Published in Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 32–34, January–February, 2008.     

Phenylpropanoid glycosides of Teucrium polium

Together with poliumoside we have isolated for the first time from golden germander verbascoside and a new phenylpropanoid glycoside (teupolioside) for which the structure of 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)ethyl O-β-D-galactopyranosyl-(1→2)-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→3)-4-O-caffeoyl-β-D-glucopyranoside is proposed. A mixture of poliumoside and teupolioside revealed a moderate antibacterial activity. A. L. Mnadzhoyan Institute of Fine Organic Chemistry, Armenian Academy of Sciences, Erevan. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 630–634, September–October, 1991.     

Self-association and complexation of triterpene glycosides and cholesterol

Self-association of hederagenin 3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-O-α-L-arabinopyranoside (α-hederin) and its 28-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→4)-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→6)-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl ether (hederacoside C) with cholesterol was studied using mass spectrometry (ESI MS). Possible complexation of the glycosides with cholesterol was examined. The ichtyotoxic activity of the glycosides and their mixtures with cholesterol to Barbus fefrozona was studied.     

Triterpene glycosides ofTragacantha and their genins. Cyclostipulosides A and B fromTragacantha stipulosa

Two new triterpene glycosides of the cycloartane series, which have been called cyclostipulosides A and B, have been isolated in the individual form from the roots ofTragacantha stipulosa Boviss. Their structures have been established by physicochemical methods. Cyclostipuloside A is 24R-cycloartane-3β,6α,16β,24,25-pentaol 16-O-β-D-glucopyranoside 3-O-β-D-xylopyranoside, and cyclostipuloside B is 24R-cycloartane-3β,6α,16β,24,25-pentaol 6-O-α-L-arabinopyranoside 16-O-β-D-glucopyranoside 3-O-β-D-xylopyranoside. By the acid hydrolysis of cyclostipulosides A and B we have obtained the new glycoside 24R-cycloartane-3β,6α,16β,24,25-pentaol 16-O-β-D-glucopyranoside. Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, fax (371) 120 64 75. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 670–674, September–October, 1998.     

A new flavonol derivative from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Fagopyrum dibotrys</Emphasis>

A new flavonol derivative 3, 8-dihydroxy-10-methoxy-5-H-isochromeno[4, 3-b]chromen-7-one (1) together with four known compounds, glutinone (2), luteolin (3), acacetin 7-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl- (1→6)-β-D-glucopyranoside (4), and rutin (5) were isolated from the dried roots of Fagopyrum dibotrys. Their structures were determined by UV, IR, MS, ¹H, and ¹³C NMR spectroscopic analysis, including 2D NMR. Published in Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 567–568, November–December, 2008.     

New Oligomeric Proanthocyanidins from Bark of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Platanus orientalis</Emphasis>

Two oligomeric proanthocyanidinglycosides were isolated from bark of Platanus orientalis. Their structures and relative configurations were established as 7-O-β-D-Glcp-(−)-epicatechingallate-(4β-8)-(−)-epicatechin-(4β-8)-(−)-epicatechin-(4β-8)-5-O-β-D-Glcp-epicatechingallate (Pl-1) and 7-O-β-D-Glc→6-O-β-D-Glcp-(−)-epigallocatechingallate-(4β-8)-(+)-catechingallate-(4β-8)-(+)-catechingallate-(4β-8)-(−)-epigallocatechingallate-(4α-8)-(−)-epicatechin-(4β-8)-[5-O-β-D-Glcp-→6-O-β-D-Glc→6-galloyl(−)-epigallocatechingallate (Pl-7). __________ Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 325–330, July–August, 2005.     

New polyhydroxysteroids and steroid glycosides from the far east starfishCeramaster patagonicus

Two new polyhydroxysteroids and five new glycosides were isolated from the starfishCeramaster patagonicus and their structures were elucidated: 5α-cholestane-3β,6α,15β,16β,26-pentol, (22E)-5α-cholest-22-ene-3β,6α,8,15α,24-pentol, (22E)-28-O-[O-(2-O-methyl-β-d-xylopyranosyl)-(1→2)-β-d-galactofuranosyl]-24-hydroxymethyl-5α-cholest-22-ene-3β,4β, 6α,8,15β,16β,28-heptol (ceramasteroside C₁), (22E)-28-O-[O-(2,4-di-O-methyl-β-d-xylopyranosyl)-(1→2)-β-d-galactofuranosyl]-24-hydroxymethyl-5α-cholest-22-ene-3β, 6α,8,15β,16β,28-hexol (ceramasteroside C₂), (22E)-28-O-[O-methyl-β-d-xylopyranosyl)-(1→2)-β-d-galactofuranosyl]-24-hydroxymethyl-5α-cholest-22-ene-3β,6α,8,15β,16β 28-hexol (eramasteroside C₃), (22E)-28-O-[O-(2-O-methyl-β-d-xylopyranosyl)-(1→2)-β-d-galactofuranosyl]-24-methyl-5α-cholest-22-ene-3β,4β,6α,8, 15β, 26-hexol (ceramasteroside C₄), and (22E)-28-O-[O-(2-O-methyl-β-d-xylopyranosyl)-(1→2)-β-d-xylopyranosyl]-5α-cholest-22-ene-3β,6α,8,15β,24-pentol (ceramasteroside C₅)). Three known polyhydroxysteroids (24-methylene-5α-cholestane-3β,6α,8,15β,16β,26-hexol, 5α-cholestane-3β,6α,8,15β,16β,26-hexol, and 5α-cholestane-3β,6β,15α,16β,26-pentol) were also isolated. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 190–195, January, 1997.     

Triterpene saponins fromThalictrum minus. VIII. Structure of thalicoside D

Thalicoside D — a new triterpene glycoside isolated fromThalictrum minus L. (Ranunculaceae) — has the structure of oleanolic acid 3-O-[O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→4)-α-L-arabinopyranoside 28-O-[O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→6)-β-D-glucopyranoside]. This structure was established by the use of the results of acid and alkaline hydrolyses, SIMS spectra, and one- and two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy. Deceased.     

Steroidal glycosides of gitogenin from Allium rotundum

Two new steroidal glycosides were isolated by fractionation of total extracted substances from inflorescences and flower stalks of Allium rotundum (Alliaceae). The structures were determined on the basis of chemical transformations, physical constants, and spectral data as 26-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(25R)-5α-furostan2α,3β,22α,26-tetraol 3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1 → 2)[β-D-xylopyranosyl-(1 → 3)]-β-D-glucopyranosyl(1 → 4)-β-D-galactopyranoside (2) and (25R)-5α-spirostan-2α,3β-diol 3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1 → 3)-βD-glucopyranosyl-(1 → 2)-[β-D-xylopyranosyl-(1 → 3)]-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1 → 4)-β-D-galactopyranoside (3).