Natural effectors of β-1,3-glucanases activator of the β-1,3-glucanases of marine mollusks

The capacity of certain extracts of marine invertebrates of the Indian and Pacific Oceans for activating -1,3-glucanases has been detected. It has been shown that an individual compound — swinholide A from the spongeTheonella swinhoei — specifically activates -1,3-glucanases of bivlve mollusks. In the presence of swinholide A both the hydrolysis of laminarin by -1,3-glucanase L-IV fromSpisula sachalinensis and the transglycosylation reaction are accelerated.Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Nos. 3,4, pp. 316–320, May–August, 1992.     

Cardiac glycosides of Cheiranthus allioni. XI

Summary Another three cardiac glycosides have been isolated from the seeds ofCheiranthus allioni hort. One of them has been identified as digifucocellobioside (digitoxigenin 3 -O-[O--D-glycopyranosyl(1 4)-O--D-glucopyranosyl(1 4)-O--D-fucopyranoside]). The two other glycosides, called digitoxigenin gulomethyloside and glucodigigulomethyloside are, respectively, digitoxigenin 3 -O--D-gulomethyloside and digitoxigenin 3 -O-(4-O--D-glucosyl--D-gulomethyloside).For Communication X, see [1].Khar'kov Scientific-Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry. All-Union Scientific-Research Institute of Medicinal Plants. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 754–758, November–December, 1975.     

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.     

Cardiac glycosides of Cheiranthus allioni. IX

Summary From the seends ofCheiranthus allioni hort. another three cardiac glycosides have been isolated. One of them has been identified as cheirotoxin. It has been established that in cheirotoxin the D-glucose is attached to C₄ of the D-gulomethylose and this glycoside therefore has the structure of strophanthidin 3-O-[4-O--D-glucopyranosyl--D-gulomethylopyranoside]. The two other glycosides, which have been named sarmentogulomethyloside and gulosarmentoglucoside are new and are, respectively, sarmentogenin-3-O--D-gulomethylopyranoside and sarmentogenin 3-O-[4-O--D-glucopyranosyl--D-gulomethylopyranoside].For Communication VIII see [1].Khar'kov Scientific-Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 607–611, September–October, 1974.     

The flavonoids of the milk vetches

Summary 1. A new flavonoid glycoside that we have calledastragaloside has been isolated from the flowers ofAstragalus publiflorus D.C.; it has the structure of isorhamnetin 3-(-D-glucosyl-6--D-glucoside).2. Stepwise acid hydrolysis and enzymatic hydrolysis withAspergillus oryzae has given a flavonol glycoside, isorhamnetin 3--D-glucoside.3. The carbohydrate component is O-6--D-glucosyl-D-glucose.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 2, No. 6, pp. 394–399, 1966     

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.     

Steroids of the spirostan and furostan series from plants of the genus Allium. XXVI. Structure of anzurogenin and anzuroside from the collective fruits of Allium suvorovii and Allium stipitatum

A new steroid glycoside of the spirostan series, anzuroside, has been isolated from the collective fruits of the cocultivatedAllium suvorovii Rgl. andA. stipitatum Rgl. (family Liliaceae, local name anzur). Enzymatic cleavage of the glycoside has given the previously undescribed steroid sapogenin anzurogenic C, which has the structure of (24S, 25S)-2,3,5,24-tetrahydroxy-5-spirostan-6-one. Anzuroside is the 24-O--D-glucopyranoside of anzurogenin C.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Uzbek SSR Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 505–510, July–August, 1989.     

Structure of psolusoside B — A nonholostane triterpene glycoside of the holothurian genus Psolus

The structure of psolusoside B — a minor triterpene oligoglycoside from the holothurianPsolus fabricii and the main glycoside fromPsolus sp. has been determined by the methods of partial acid hydrolysis, methylation,¹³C NMR, and FAB mass spectrometry as 20S-acetoxy-3-{2-O-[O--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 4)-O--D-glucopyranosyl]-4-O-(6-O-sulfato--D-glucopyranosyl)--D-xylo-pyranosyloxy}holosta-7,25-diene-18,16-carbolactone. 3-[O-(3-O-Methyl-6-O-sulfato--D-glucopyranosyl)-(1 3)-O-(6-O-sulfato--D-glucopyranosyl)-(1 4)-O--D-quinovopyranosyl-(12)--D-xylopyranosyloxy]holosta-9(11),25-dien-16-one (psolusoside A), known previously forPsolus fabricii, has been identified in a holothurian —Psolus sp. — from Kraternaya Bay (island of Ushishir).Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 361–368, May–June, 1989.     

Isolation of glycopeptide with an N-glycosylamide linkage from blood group substance

Conclusions The glycopeptide 2-acetamido-1-(-aspartamido)-1,2-didesoxy--glucose was isolated for the first time from the cleavage products of the blood group substance (A + H).Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 461–463, February, 1974.The authors wish to thank A. L Chukhrova and E. D. Kaverzneva for graciously supplying the enzyme and synthetic sample of 2-aeetamido-1-(L--aspartamido)-1,2-didesoxy--D-glucose.