Steroid glycosides of the leaves of Yucca aloifolia

Two new steroid glycosides have been isolated from the leaves of aloe yucca and their structures have been established. Glycosides B and C are tigogenin penta-and hexaosides. Glycoside B, which we have called yuccaloeside B is (25R)-5-spirostan-3-ol 3-{[O--D-glucopyranosyl-(12)]-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(14)-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(13)]-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(14)--D-galactopyranoside}, and glycoside C, which we have called yuccaloeside C is (25R)-5-spirostan-3-ol 3-{[(O--D-glucopyranosyl-(13)-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(12)]-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(14)-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(13)]-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(14)--D-galactopyranoside}.N. G. Kutateladze Institute of Pharmacochemistry of the Georgian SSR Academy of Sciences, Tbilisi. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 537–542, July–August, 1987.     

The structure of yuccoside E from Yucca filamentosa

Summary From the roots ofYucca filamentosa L. we have isolated a new sarsasapogenin glycoside, yuccoside E, which is 3-O-{[O--D-galactopyranosyl(1 2)]-[-O--D-galactopyranosyl(1 6)]-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 4)--D-glucopyranosyl}-(25S), 5 -spirostan-3-ol.Institute of Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Moldavian SSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 747–750, November–December, 1975.     

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.     

Triterpene glycosides ofSapindus mukorossi

Conclusions The structure of two triterpone glycosides fromSapindus mukorossi Gaertn. has been established. It has been shown that sapindoside A is hederagenin 3-O--L-arabinosyl-(2 1)--L-rhamnopyranoside and sapindoside B is the 3-O--L-arabopyranosyl-(2 1)-O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(3 1)--D-xylopyranoside.     

MO LCAO calculations and the electronic spectra of the anions of cyclopent-4-ene-1,3-diones and indane-1,3-diones

The Hückel approximation in MO LCAO is used to show that the anion system of cyclopent-4-ene-1,3-dione should have two ^* transitions: a weak one at long wavelengths, NV₁, and a strong one at short wavelengths, C=C(1,3)V₁. An ethylene, phenyl, or acyl group at position 2 gives rise to a new strong band, NC=C(2), Nbenz, or NC=O (2). A p-nitrophenyl group at position 2 gives rise to a strong NNO₂ band, which overlaps the weak NV₁ band, while the Nbenz band becomes weak and is virtually lost from the spectrum.     

Triterpene glycosides of alfalfa. VI. Medicoside L

A new triterpene pentaglycoside — medicoside L — has been isolated from the roots ofMedicago sativa L. (Leguminosae). It has the structure of medicagenic acid 28-O--D-glucopyranoside 3-O-{[O--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 2)][O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1 3)]-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 2)}--D-glucopyranoside.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Uzbek SSR Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 221–228, March–April, 1990.     

Proanthocyanidins of Polygonum coriarium. I

Six proanthocyanidins have been isolated from the roots ofPolygonium coriarium. The structures of three oligomeric proanthocyanidins have been established: taranin, consisting of [epigallocatechin gallate]-(48)-[epigallocatechin gallate]-(48)-[epigallocatechin-(48)-epigallocatechin₂-(48)-epigallocatechin; taranoside A - [epigallocatechin gallate]-7-0-[-(16)--D-Glcp]₃-(48)-[epigallocatechin-(48)-epigallocatechin]₂-(48)-gallocatechin; and taranoside B - [epigallocatechin gallate]-7-O-[-(16)--D-Glcp]₄-(48)-[epigallocatechin-(48)-epigallocatechin]₂-(48)-epigallocatechin-(48)-[epigallocatechin gallate).Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Uzbekistan Republic Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 59–67, January–February, 1992     

The mannan formed by the yeastBullera tsugae

The structure of an extracellular mannan formed by the yeastBullera tsugae has been studied. It has been shown that the repeating unit of this polysaccharide contains -(13)- and -(14)-bound D-mannopyranose residues in equimolar ratio. A comparison has been made of the polymer under investigation with the extracellular mannan from a yeast of the genusRhodotorula. Leningrad Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 746–750, November–December, 1985.     

Triterpene glycosides ofCauliphyllum robustum. The structures of caulosides B and C

Summary Two triterpene glycosides — caulosides b and c — have been isolated from a methanolic extract of the leaves ofCaulophyllum robustum maxim. Cauloside b has been identified as hederagenin 3--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(12)--L-arabinopyranoside, while cauloside c has the structure of hederagenin 3-0--L-arabinopyranosyl(13)--L-pyranosyl-(12)--L-arabinopyranoside.Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Scientific Center of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 174–176, March–April, 1979.     

Triterpene glycosides ofPatrinia scabiosofolia; II

Conclusions The triterpene glycosides scabiosides D, E, F, and G have been isolated from the roots ofPatrinia scabiosofolia Fisch. et Link. It has been established that scabioside D is O--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 4)-O--L-arabopyranosyl-(1 3)-O-oleanoloyl-(28 1)--D-xylopyranose, and scabioside E is O--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 4)-O--L-arabopyranosyl-(1 3)-O-oleanoloyl-(28 1)-O--D-xylopyranosyl-(4 1)--L-rhamnopyranose.     

Metal bioaccumulation by the freshwater algaScenedesmus quadricauda

Bioaccumulation of six metals (Cu²⁺, Cu⁺, Mo⁶⁺, Mn²⁺, V⁵⁺, Ni²⁺) and their combinations by algaScenedesmus quadricauda was determined by using radio nuclide X-ray fluorescence (RXFA). The metals were added into the cultivation medium in concentrations corresponding with EC₅₀ value for each metal. The obtained results indicate that Ni²⁺, Cu²⁺ and Cu⁺ were accumulated in high amounts (20%, 17.5% and 15.19%) the Mo⁶⁺ ion (<0.2%) was accumulated in the lowest amount. For metal-metal interactions in accumulation of metal ions by algaS. quadricauda three types of answers were determined: inhibition (MoCu²⁺, Ni, Mn, V; VNi, Mn; MnNi, Cu²⁺, Cu⁺; Cu⁺Ni; Cu²⁺Ni; NiMn, V), enhancement (VCu⁺; Cu²⁺Mn;Cu⁺V, Mn; MnV; NiCu²⁺, Cu⁺) and neutral effect (VMo; Cu²⁺Mo; Cu⁺Mo; MuMo; NiMo).     

Steroids of the spirostan and furostan series of plants of the Allium genus. XXIII. Structure of cepagenin and of alliospirosides C and D from Allium cepa

Two new steroid glycosides of the spirostan series have been isolated from the fruit ofAllium cepa L. (family Liliaceae): alliospirosides C and D. On the basis of chemical transformations and spectral characteristics it has been established that the aglycon of both glycosides is a new steroid sapogenin — cepagenin — having the structure of (24S,25R)-spirost-5-ene-1,3,24-triol. Alliospirosides C and D are cepagenin 1-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(12)-L-arabinopyranoside] and 1-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(12)-O--D-galactopyranoside], respectively.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Uzbek SSR Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 843–849, November–December, 1987.     

Triterpene Glycosides of Tetrapanax papyriferum. II. Isolation and Structure Determination of Glycosides St-E2, St-F2, St-J2, and St-K2 from Stem Bark

Stem bark ofTetrapanaxpapyriferum yielded the new triterpene glycosides 3-O-[-D-glucopyranosyl-(13)]--D-galactopyranosyl-(12)-O--L-arabinopyranosides of oleanolic and echinocystic acids and their 28-O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(14)-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(16)-O--D-glucopyranosyl esters. Their structures were established using chemical and physicochemical methods     

Steroid glycosides XXI. The structure of polygonatoside E′ and protopolygonatoside E′ from the leaves ofPolygonatum latifolium

Summary The chemical structures of two new steroid glycosides from the leaves ofPolygonatum latifolium have been shown. Polygonatoside E is 3-[0--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 3)-0--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 4)-0--d-galactopyranosyl-(1 3)--D-glucopyranosyloxy]-(25R)-spirost-5-ene, and protopolygonatoside E is 26--D-galactopyranosyl-(1 3)--D-glucopyranosyloxy]-(25R)-furost-5-en-22-ol.Institute of Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Moldavian SSR, Kishenev. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 350–354, May–June, 1978.     

Structure of codonoside B

On the basis of chemical transformations and physicochemical characteristics of the compounds obtained it has been established that codonoside B — the main triterpene glycoside ofCodonopsis lanceolata (Sieb. et Zucc.) Benth. et Hook., has the structure of echinocystic acid 3-O--D-glucopyranuronoside 28-O-[O--D-xylopyranosyl-(1 4)-O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1 4)-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 2)--L-arabinopyranoside].Far Eastern State University, Vladivostok. Pacific Ocean Institute of Organic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 368–372, May–June, 1989.     

Triterpene glycosides of the holothurian Eupentacta pseudoquinquisemita

The holothurianEupentacta pseudoquinquisemita Deichmann collected in Kraternaya Bay, Ushishir Islands has yielded two triterpene pentaosides — the previously known cucumarioside C₂, and cucumarioside H, which is a new glycoside. With the aid of¹³C NMR spectroscopy and solvolytic desulfation its structure has been determined as 6-acetoxy-3-([3-O-methyl--D-xylopyranosyl-(1 3)--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 4)] [-D-xylopyranosyl-(1 4)] [-D-xylopyranosyl-(1 2)]--D-quinovopy-ranosyl-(1 2)-(4-O-sulfato--D-xylopyranosyloxy)holosta-7,22,24(trans)-triene. Cucumarioside H was also identified inEupentacta (=Cucumaria)fraudatrix from Posyet Bay, Sea of Japan.Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch, USSR Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 221–225, March–April, 1988.     

Polysaccharides ofUngernia. VII. Partial hydrolysis of the mannan of the bulbs ofU. vvedenskyi

4-O--D-Manopyranosyl-D-mannose, O--D-mannopyranosyl-(l4)-O--D-mannopyranosyl-(14)-D-mannose, and 0--D-mannopyranosyl-(14)-O--D-mannopyranosyl-(l4)-O--D-mannopyranosyl-(l4)-D-mannose have been isolated fron the products of the partial hydrolysis of ungeromannan-V, obtained fron the bulbs ofUngernia vvedneskyi, and have been identified. This set of oligosaccharides confirms the regular structure of the carbohydrate chain of ungeromannan-V, which consists of a linear sequence of -14-bound D-mannose residues.DeceasedTranslated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedineii, No. 4, pp. 434–436, July–August, 1981.     

Oligosaccharides ofSaponaria officinalis

Conclusions It has been found that the roots ofSaponaria officinalis L. contain three oligosaccharides.Two of them have been isolated: gentiobiose and the pentasaccharide saponarose. It has been shown that the latter is O--D-galactopyranosyl-(1 3)-O--D-galactopyranosyl-(1 3)-O--D-galactopyranosyl-(1 3)-O--D-galactopyranosyl-(1 1)--D-glucopyranoside.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 5, No. 6, pp. 469–473, 1969     

Triterpene glycosides of Pulsatilla dahurica structures of glycosides A,B, C,and D

The isolation of four triterpene glycosides from the roots of the dahurian anemonePulsatilla dahurica (Fisch. ex DC) Spreng, is described together with their identification, on the basis of chemical transformations, spectral characteristics, and literature analogies, as hederagenin 3-O--L-arabinoside, hederagenin 3-O-[O--D-glucopyranosyl-(12)--L-arabinopyranoside], hederagenin 3-O--L-arabinopyranoside 28-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(14)--D-glucopyranosyl-(16)--D-glucopyranoside], and hederagenin 3-O-[O--D-glucopyranosyl-(14)--L-arabinopyranoside] 28-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(14)--D-glucopyranosyl-(16)--D-glucopyranoside].Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Nos. 3,4, pp. 349–356, May–August, 1992.