Astragalus triterpene glycosides and their genins. I. Structures of cycloalpigenin and cycloalpioside

Another two methylsteroids of the cycloartane series have been isolated from the epigeal part ofAstragalus alopecurus. The structures of the compounds isolated, cycloalpigenin and cycloalpioside, have been established as (20R,24R)-16,24:20, 24-diepoxycycloartane-3,7,25-triol and (20R,24R)-16, 24:20,24-diepoxycycloartane-3,7, 25-triol 3-O--D-xylopyranoside, respectively, on the basis of chemical transformations and spectral characteristics. The structure of cycloalpigenin has been confirmed by chemical correlation with that of cycloalpigenin D.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, fax (3712) 89 14 75. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 700–708, September–October, 1995. Original article submitted February 1, 1995.     

Polyhydroxylated steroids from the starfishPatiria pectinifera

By chromatography on Polikhrom-1, silica gel, and Florisil, an ethanolic extract of the digestive organs of the starfishPatiria pectinifera has yielded the steroid polyols 5-cholestan-3,6,8,15,16,26-hexaol and 5-cholestan-3,4,6,7,8,15,16,26-octaol 6-(sodium sulfate). The structures of the compounds have been shown by spectral characteristics and chemical transformations.Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Scientific Center, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 738–741, November–December, 1984.     

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.     

Steroid saponins and sapogenins ofAllium IX. The structure of aginoside

Summary From a methanolic extract of the skins of the bulbs ofAllium giganteum Rgl, a new steroid glycoside has been isolated — aginoside, which is (25R)-5-spirostan-2, 3, 6-triol 3-0-{[0--D-xylopyranosyl-(13)-]-[0--D-glucopyranosyl-(12)]-0--D-glucopyranosyl-(14)-0--D-galactopyranoside}.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 480–486, July–August, 1976.     

Alkaloids of Aconitum kirinense. Structure of akirine

The known alkaloid lepenine and the new diterpene alkaloid akirine have been isolated from the epigeal part ofAconitum kirinense Nakai. To establish the structure of akirine, its spectral characteristics have been studied and an x-ray structural analysis has been made. It is 1,8-dihydroxy-16-methoxy-9,14-methylenedioxy-3,4-epoxy-N-ethylaconitane — the first diterpene alkaloid with a lycoctonine skeleton containing a 9,14-methylenedioxy group and a -oriented substituent at C14.Institute of Chemistry of Plant Substances, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 534–538, September–October, 1992.     

Bioactivities and structural studies of withanolides fromWithania somnifera

Four bioactive withanolides withalactone (1), withaoxylactone (2), quresimine-A (4-hydroxy, 3-methoxy-5, 6-epoxy-(22R)-witha-24-enolide) (3) and quresindne-B (4, 27 dihydroxy-3-methoxy-5, 6-epoxy-(22R)-witha-24-enolide (4) have been isolated from the herbs of Withania somnifera, Dunal (Solanaceae). The elucidation of their structures is based on extensive spectroscopic studies, such as¹H-NMR, COSY-45°, HMBC, HMQC HOHAHA, E.I., FAB (+ ve), and HR MS, etc.Published in Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 9, pp. 1200–1213, September, 1995.     

Phytoecdysteroids ofSilene nutans. III. Nusilsterone

A new ecdysteroid — nusilsterone — has been insolated from the whole plantSilene nutans L. It has been shown that it is 1,2,3,14,20R,22R,24,25-octahydroxy-5--cholest-7-en-6-one.Institute of Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii. No. 4, pp. 522–525, July–August, 1985.     

13C NMR spectra and stereoisomerism in series of androstano-and estrano-D′-pentaranes

Conclusions The stereoisomerism in series of androstano- and estrano-D-pentaranes in solution has been investigated by¹³C NMR. The orientation of the D ring in the 15,16-, 15,16-, and 15,16-isomers relative to the steroid skeleton, as well as the boat conformation of the D ring, were determined from the¹³C chemical shifts.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 1038–1045, May, 1984.     

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.     

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.     

Synthesis of 2β, 3β, 14α-trihydroxy-Δ4,7-6-ketosteroids and their derivatives

A scheme using -sitosterol as an example for synthesizing 2, 3, 14-trihydroxy-^4,7-6-ketosteroids and their derivatives from 3-hydroxy-⁵-steroids was developed.Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 220141, Belarus, Minsk, ul, akad. Kuprevicha, 5/2. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 244–248, May–June, 2000.     

Synthesis of esters of α-chloroacetoxy-β,β,β,-trichloroethylphosphonic acids

Summary The synthesis of 11 previously unreported dialkyl esters of -mono-, -di-, and -trichloroacetoxy-,,-trichloroethylphosphonic acids has been effected.     

Steroid glycosides of the roots ofCapsicum annuum. II. The structure of the capsicosides

Two tigogenin glycosides and two diosgenin glycosides have been isolated from a methanolic extract of the roots of bush red pepper. An attempt to isolate the individual spirostanol glycosides directly was unsuccessful. These compounds have very similar structures. For their separation, acetylation and epoxidation of the double bond of the aglycon, diosgenin, in the corresponding glycosides was performed. The derivatives obtained were purified by chromatography. To establish the complete chemical structure of each capsicoside we used both chemical and physical methods; complete and partial acid hydrolysis, methylation followed by methanolysis, IR spectroscopy, mass spectroscopy, etc. It was shown that capsicoside A₂ is (25R)-5-spirostan-3-ol 3-O--D-galactopyranoside, capsicoside B₂ is (25R)-5-spirostan-3-ol 3-O-[O--D-glucopyranosyl(14)--D-galactopyranoside], capsicoside A₃ is (25R)-spirost-5-en-3-ol 3-O--D-galactopyranoside, and capsicoside B₃ is identical with funkioside C.Institute of Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Moldavian SSR, Kishinev. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 242–246, March–April, 1987.     

Phytoecdysones ofRhaponticum integrifolium II. Integristerone A

Summary A new phytoecdysone — integristerone A — has been isolated from the flower heads ofRhaponticum integrifolium. It has been shown that it is 1,2,3,14,20R,22R,25-heptahydroxy-5-cholest-7-en-6-one.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 813–819, November–December, 1977.     

Steroids of the spirostan and furostan series from Nolina microcarpa I. Structures of nolinospiroside C and nolinofurosides A and C

In addition to the know steroid sapogenin (25S)-ruscogenin (I), three new glycosides have been isolated from the leaves ofNolina microcarpa S. Wats. (family Dracaenacea), and the following structures are suggested for them: (25S)-spirost-5-ene-1,3-diol 1-O--D-fucopyranoside (nolinospiroside C, II), (25S)-furost-5-ene-1,3,22,26-tetraol 1-O--D-fucopyranoside (nolinofuroside A, III), and (25S)-furost-5-ene-1, 3, 22, 26-tetraol 1-O--D-fucopyranoside 26-O--D-glucopyranoside (nolinofuroside C, V).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. 672–678, September–October, 1991.     

Two new triterpene glycosides from the holothurian Duasmodactyla kurilensis

Two new glycosides have been isolated from the total triterpene glycosides of the holothurianDuasmodactyla kurilensis: kurilosides A (III) and C (IV). It has been established that (III) is 16-acetoxy-3-{[O--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 4)-O--D-quinovopyranosyl-(1 2)]-[O-(3-O-methyl--D-glucopyranosyl)-(1 3)-O-(6-O-(sodium sulfato)--D-glucopyranosyl)-(1 4)]--D-xylopyranosyloxy}-4,4,14-trimethylpregen-9(11)-en-20-one, while the minor glycoside (IV) is 16-acetoxy-3-{O--D-quinovopyranosyl-(1 2)-[O-(3-O-methyl--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 3)-O-(6-O-(sodium sulfato)--D-glucopyranosyl)-(1 4)]--D-xylopyranosyloxy}-4,4,14-trimethylpregn-9(11)-en-20-one.Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 221–226, March–April, 1991.     

Alkaloids of the Mongolian flora. III. Altaconitine — A new alkaloid from Aconitum altaicum

Aconitine, mesaconitine, and a new alkaloid, which has been called altaconitine, have been isolated from the total alkaloids of the epigeal part ofAconitum altaicum. Altaconitine has the structure of 8-acetoxy-14-benzoyloxy-2,3,13,-15-tetrahydroxy-1,6, 16-trimethoxy-4-methoxymethy-N-ethylaconitan, which was established on the basis of a study of IR, PMR,¹³C NMR, and mass spectra and by the x-ray structural method.Institute of Chemistry, Mongolian Peoples' Republic Academy of Sciences, Ulan-Bator. Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances of the Uzbekistan Republic of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 47–53, January–February, 1993.     

Triterpene glycosides ofHedera taurica XV. Structures of glycosides St-I3, St-I4a, St-I4b, and St-I5 from the stems of Crimean ivy

From the stems of Crimean ivyHedera taurica Carr. (fam. Araliaceae) we have isolated the new triterpene glycosides St-I₃, St-I₅, and St-I_4a, which are, respectively, the 3–0--D-glucopyranoside 28-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(14)-O-(6-O-acetyl--D-glucopyranosyl)-(16)-O--D-glucopyranosides] of oleanolic acid and of hederagenin and the 3-O--D-glucopyranuronoside 28-O--gentiobioside of oleanolic acid, and also the previously known 3-O-[O--D-galactopyranosyl-(12)--D-glucopyranuronoside 28-O--D-glucopyranoside] of oleanolic acid (glycoside Rb-4).Simferopol' State University. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 404–410, May–June, 1997.     

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.     

Steroid saponins X. Glycosides of Allium narcissiflorum the structure of glycosides A and B

Summary FromAllium narcissiflorum Wells have been isolated for the first time trillin and a glycoside B, which proved to be 3-O-[-O-D-glucopyranosyl-(1 3)-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 6)-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 ]-26-O-[-D-glucopyranosyl-(1 ]-25R-furost-5-ene-3,22 , 26-triol.Institute of Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Moldavian SSR, Kishinev. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 55–58, January–February, 1976.