New cardenolides from the seeds ofCoronilla hyrcana

Summary Four substances have been isolated from the seeds ofCoronilla hyrcana: hyrcanoside, deglucohyrcanoside, hyrcanogenin, and substance E.It has been established that hyrcanoside (I) has the structure 3-(O--D-xylopyranosyl- <4 1 > -O--D-glycopyranosyl)-14-hydroxy-19-oxocard-4, 20 (22)-dienolide; deglucohyrcanoside (VII) is 3-(O--D-xylopyranosyl)-14-hydroxy-19-oxocard-4, 20 (22)-dienolide; and hyrcanogenin (V) is 3, 14-dihydroxy-19-oxocard-4, 20 (22)-dienolide. Both the aglycone hycanogenin (V) and its glycosides (I) and (VII) are new compounds.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 251–257, 1966     

A study of the polysaccharides from the stems ofAlcea hyrcana

Chemistry of Natural Compounds - 1. Water-soluble polysaccharides have been isolated from the bark and stems ofAlcea hyrcana Grossh. with yields of 2.2% and 1.6%, respectively; they contain uronic...     

Structure of a glucuronoxylan of the stems ofSymphytum asperum

The results are given of an investigation of the structure of a glucuronoxylan of the stems ofSymphytum asperum Ler. The xylan was isolated by alkaline extraction and was purified by reprecipitation via the copper complex. The polysaccharide was homogeneous according to the results of gel filtration and electrophoresis. It was shown by hydrolysis, periodate oxidation, methylation, oxidation with chromium trioxide and IR and¹³C NMR spectroscopy that the macromolecules were based on a -(14)-polyxyloside chain having side chains at the second carbon atoms in the form of 4-O-Me-D-glucuronic acid. To each side chain there were not less than 12 xylose residues.M. V. Lomonosov Technological Institute of the Food Industry, Odessa. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 478–481, July–August, 1985.     

A study of the alkaloids ofSaussurea salsa andS. elegans

Conclusions 1. In the extraction ofS. salsa andS. elegans, the condensation of the neutral substances with ammonia takes place with the formation of products of a basic nature.2. FromS. elegans a new alkaloid elegantine C₂₃H₂₉O₅N has been obtained the saponification of which has given tyramine and a sesquiterpene lactone.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 4, No. 6, pp. 367–370, 1968     

Characteristics of the water-soluble polysaccharides of the leaves ofSilphium perfoliatum

The characteristics of the water-soluble complex of the leaves ofSilphium perfoliatum are given. The presence in them of acidic components of the type of pectic substances containing considerable amounts of compounds of protein nature has been shown. It has proved to be possible to separate the latter from the carbohydrate component by fractionation on DEAE-cellulose.M. V. Lomonosov Odessa Technological Institute of the Food Industry. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 771–774, November–December, 1979.     

A study of the alkaloids ofVeratrum lobelianum

Conclusions 1) At the beginning of vegetation, the total alkaloids in the epigeal part ofVeratrum lobelianum is 2.5% of the weight of the dry raw material, and at the end of vegetation, 0.036%.2) The new alkaloids veralosine, veralosinine, and veralosidine have been isolated from the epigeal part of the plant.3) On the basis of a study of chemical properties, IR, UV, NMR, and mass spectra, and also its conversion into tetrahydrosolasodine, structure and configuration I has been proposed as the most probable for veralosidine.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 339–343, 1970     

A study of the alkaloids ofLeontice albertii

Conclusions 1. Thaspine, N-methylcytisine, anabasine, matrine, leontine, leontalbinine, and the new alkaloids d-sophoridine and albertidine have been isolated from the epigeal part ofL. Albertii Rgl.2. A new spatial structure has been proposed for sophoridine.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 5, No. 5, pp. 409–412, 1969     

A study of the alkaloids ofCodonopsis clematidea

Conclusions From the epigeal part ofCodonopsis clematidea, the new alkaloid codonopsine has been isolated; its most probable structure is 1,4-dihydroxy-1,3-dimethyl-5-veratrylpyrrolidine.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 30–32, 1969     

A study of the polysaccharides,hydrolysates, and sulfuric-acid lignin of cottonplant stems

A comparative investigation of the acid hydrolysis of the guza-paya [stems and bolls] and seed husks of the cotton plant has shown that the hydrolysates differ in their quantitative levels of monosaccharides, but in the pentose hydrolysates xylose predominates in both cases. The extracts after the preliminary enrichment of the raw material contain a large amount of xylose. The sulfuric-acid lignin obtained from the guza-paya contains a far smaller amount of unhydrolyzed polysaccharide and a larger amount of functional groups than the lignin from the husks.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 48–52, January–February, 1987.     

A glucoemodin from the roots ofRheum palmatum

Summary The glucoemodin isolated from the roots of roots ofRheum palmatum L. var. tanguticum Maxim is 1,8-dihydroxy-3-methyl-6-glucosyloxyanthraquinone.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 83–85, 1966     

Chemical investigation of the polysaccharides of the leaves ofPlantago major L.

Summary 1. A polysaccharide has been isolated from the leaves ofPlantage major L. and its monosaccharide composition has been studied.2. It has been established that the polysaccharide investigated contains D-galacturonic acid, D-galactose, D-glucose, D-xylose, L-rhamnose, L-arabinose, a partially methylated galactose, and two unidentified monosaccharides.3. The high content of galacturonic residues (68%) in the polysaccharide enables it to be classified as a pectin.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 1, No. 5, pp. 297–302, 1965     

Chemical investigation of the polysaccharides of the leaves ofPlantago major L.

Summary 1. Pectic acid contains galacturonic acid (78–83%) and, chemically linked with it, the monosaccharides D-galactose, L-arabinose, L-rhamnose, and substance (VIII) and (IX).2. By fractionating the polysaccharide complex of the leavesof Plantago major L. on a DEAE-cellulose column it has been shown that it consists of pectic acid (80–82%), and free galactoraban (5–6%) and galactan (4–5%).Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 1, No. 6, pp. 369–372, 1965.We have used Kertesz's nomenclature of pectic compounds [4].