Tripenoid glycosides of alfalfa. VII. Medicosides E and F

Two hederagenin glycosides — medicosides E and F — have been isolated from the roots ofMedicago sativa L. (Leguminosae). Medicoside E has the structure of hederagenin 28-O--D-glucopyranoside 3-O-[O--G-glucopyranosyl-(13)--D-xylopyranoside]. Medicoside F has the structure of hederagenin 28-O--D-glucopyranoside 3-O-[O--D-glucopyranosyl-(12)--L-arabinopyranoside].Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent. Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii. No. 5, pp. 701–705, September–October, 1993.     

Triterpene glycosides ofFatsia japonica. I. Isolation and structure of glycosides fromFatsia japonica seeds

The known triterpene glycosides hederagenin 3-O--L-arabinopyranoside, hederagenin 3-O-\-D-glucopyranoside, oleanolic acid 3-O--sophoroside, hederagenin 3-O--sophoroside, and their 28-O--gentiobiosyl esters, respectively, in addition to the new triterpene glycoside 3-O--sophorosyl-28-O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(14)-O--gentiobiosyl hederagenin are isolated fromFatsia japonica (Araliaceae) seeds. The structures of these glycosides are established using chemical and spectral methods.Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 131–133, March–April, 2000.     

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--L-pyranosides of oleanolic acid (1), of echinocystic acid (2), and of hederagenin; the 3-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(12)--L-arabinopyranoside]s of oleanolic acid (4), of echinocystic acid (5), and of hederagenin (6); the O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(14)-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(16)-O--D-glucopyranosyl ester of hederagenin 3-O--L-pyranoside (7); the O--D-glucopyranosyl-(16)-O--D-glucopyranosyl ester of hederagenin 3-O-[O--L-pyranosyl-(12)--L-arabinopyranoside] (9); and the O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(14)-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(16)-O--D-glucopyranosyl esters of oleanolic acid, echinocystic acid, and hederagenin 3-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(12)--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 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--L-arabinopyranosyl-28-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1 4)-O--D-glycopyranosyl-(1 6)--D-glucopyranosyl]hederagenin, 3-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1 2)--L-arabinopyranosyl]-28-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1 4)-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 6)--D-glycopyranosyl]hederagenin, the new triterpene glycosides hederoside H₂-3-O-[O--D-glycopyranosyl-(1 2)--D-glycopyranosyl-(1 2)--D-glucopyranosyl]-28-O-[O--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 6)--D-glucopyranosyl]oleanolic acid- and hederoside I-3-O-[O--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 2)--D-glucopyranosyl]-28-O-[O--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 6)--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.     

Steroid glycosides ofNicotiana tabacum seeds I. The structures of nicotianosides A, B, and E

Two steroid glycosides of the spirostan series — nicotianosides A and B — and one glycoside of the furostan series — nicotianoside E — have been isolated from the seeds ofNicotiana tabacum L. Nicotianoside A is (25S)-5-spirostan-3-ol 3-O--D-glucopyranoside, nicotianoside B is (25S)-5-spirostan-3-ol 3-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(12)-gb-D-glucopyranoside], and nicotianoside E is (25S)-5-furostan-3,22,26-triol 26-O--glucopyranoside 3-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(12)--D-glucopyranoside].Institute of Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Moldava, Kishinev, ul. Lesnaya, 20. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 737–742, November–December, 1994.     

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.     

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.     

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--L-arabinopyranosyl-28-O-[-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(14)-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(16)-O--D-glucopyranosyl]hederagenin and 3-O-[-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(12)-O--L-arabinopyranosyl]-28-O-[-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(14)-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(16)-O--D-glucopyranosyl]hederagenin and the new triterpene glycoside tauroside St-H₁ — 3-O--D-glucopyransyl-28-O-[-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(14)-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(16)-O--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.     

Structure of cucumarioside G1 — A new triterpene glycoside from the holothurianCucumaria fraudatrix

A new triterpene glycoside — cucamarioside G₁ — has been isolated from the Pacific Ocean holothurianCucumaria fraudatrix. On the basis of physicochemical characteristics and the results of chemical transformations, its structure has been established as 16-acetoxy-3-[O-(3-O-methyl--D-xylopyranosyl)-(1 3)-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 4)--D-quinovopyranosyl-(1 2)-(4-O-sulfato--D-xylopyranosyloxy)]-holosta-7,24-diene.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. 244–248, March–April, 1985.     

Triterpene glycosides ofHedera helix II. Determination of the structure of glycoside L-6d from common ivy leaves

A new hederagenin pentaoside — glycoside L-6d — has been isolated from the leaves of common ivyHedera helix L., fam. Araliaceae, and its structure has been determined by using various NMR-spectroscopic methods. Glycoside L-6d is hederagenin 3-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(14)-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(16)-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(14)-O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(12)--L-arabinopyranoside.Simferopol' State University. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 746–752, November–December, 1994.     

Triterpene glycosides ofHedera canariensis. I. Structures of glycosides L-A,L-B1, L-B2, L-C,L-D,L-E1 1, L-G1, L-G2, L-G3, L-G4, L-H1, L-H2, AND L-I1 from the leaves ofHedera canariensis

From the leaves of Algerian ivyHedera canariensis Willd. (fam. Aralaceae) we have isolated 13 triterpene glycosides: the 3-O--L-arabinopyranosides of oleanolic acid (A), of echinocystic acid (B₁), and of hederagenin (B₂); the 3-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(2)--L-arabinopyranoside]s of oleanolic acid (C), of echinocystic acid (D), and of hederagenin (E₁); the 3-O--L-rhamnopyranoside] 28-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(14)--gentiobioside of hederagenin (G₁); the 3-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(12)--L-arabinopyranoside] 28-O--gentiobioside of hederagenin (G3); the 3-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(12)--L-arabinopyranoside] 28-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(14)--gentiobioside]s of oleanolic acid (G₂), of echinocystic acid (H₁), and of hederagenin (H₂); the 3-O-[O--L-rhanmopyranosyl-(12)--D-glucopyranoside] 28-O-(O--L-rhamno-pyranosyl-(14)--gentiobioside] of hederagenin (H₂); and the 3-O-(O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(12)-O-gentiobiosyl)-O-(14)--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(12)-a-L-arabinopyranoside] of hederagenin (G₄). The structures of the substances isolated have been established on the basis of chemical transformations and¹³C NMR spectroscopy.Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 377–383, May–June, 1996. Original article submitted December 3, 1995.     

Triterpene glycosides of Hedera taurica. IV. Structure of hederosides A1, A2, D1, and D2 from the berries of Crimean ivy

New triterpene glycosides have been isolated from the berries of Crimean ivyHedera taurica Carr. (family Araliaceae) — hederoside A₁ (methyl ester of 3-O--D-glucopyranosylhederagenin) and hederoside D₁ 3-O-[O--D-glucopyranosyl]-(12)--D-glucopyranosyl]hederagenin and also the known glycosides 3-O--D-glucopyranosyloleanolic acid and 3-O-[O--D-glucopyranosyl-(12)--L-arabinopyranosyl]hederagenin. The structures of these compounds were established on the basis of the results of chemical methods and¹H and¹³C NMR spectroscopy.M. V. Frunze Simferopol' State University. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 228–230, March–April, 1990.     

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.     

Triterpene glycosides ofHedera taurica XVI. Structures of glycosides St-A, St-B1, St-B2, St-C, St-D1, St-D2, St-E, St-F1, and St-F2 from the stems of Crimean ivy

From the stems of Crimean ivyHedera taurica Carr. (fam. Araliaceae) we have isolated previously known glycosides of oleanolic acid — the 3-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(12)--L-arabinopyranoside], the 3-O--D-glucopyranuronoside, and the 3-O-[O--D-galactopyranosyl-(12)--D-glucopyranuronoside]; known glycosides of hederagenin — the 3-O--L-arabinopyranoside, the 3--D-glucopyranoside, the 3-O-[O--D-glucopyranosyl-(12)-O--L-arabinopyranoside], and the 3-O--D-glucopyranuronoside; and also the new triterpene glycoside St-D₂, hederagenin 3-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(12)--D-glucopyranoside].Simferopol' State University. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 411–416, 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.     

Synthesis of convalloside

The known natural diglycoside convalloside — strophanthidin 3-O-[4-O--d-glucopyranosyl--L-rhamnopyranoside] — has been synthesized. The synthesis was carried out by the Koenigs-Knorr method via the preparation as intermediates of convallatoxin and its 2,3-isopropylidene derivative. Selectivity of glycosylation was achieved by the preliminary protection of the two OH groups in the cardenolide L-rhamnoside (convallatoxin).All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Drug Chemistry and Technology, Khar'kov. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 383–386, May–June, 1988.     

Steroid glycosides from the starfish Crossaster papposus

Two new steroid glycosides have been isolated from an ethanolic extract of the starfishCrossaster papposus — crossasterosides P₁ and P₂. On the basis of chemical transformations and spectral characteristics, the structure of crossasteroside P₁ has been established as (24R)-24-ethyl-5-cholestane-3,6,8,15,16,29-hexaol 29-O-[2-O-methyl--D-xylopyranosyl-(1 2)--D-galactofuranoside]. Crossasteroside P₂ is its 4-hydroxy analogue.Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 669–673, September–October, 1989.     

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.     

Triterpene saponins fromThalictrum minus. V. Structure of thalicoside B

The epigeal part ofThalictrum minus L. has yielded a new bidesmoside — thalicoside B — which has the structure of oleanolic acid 28-O--D-glucopyranoside 3-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1 2)-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 3)--L-arabinopyranoside].Irkutsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch, Academy of Sciences of the USSR; A. A. Zhdanov Irkutsk State University; and Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Scientific Center, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 670–676, September–October, 1985.     

Triterpene glycosides ofHedera taurica XIV. Structures of glycosides St-G0–2, St-J, and St-K from the stems of Crimean ivy

The structures of new triterpene glycosides isolated from the stems of Crimean ivyHedera taurica Carr. (fam. Araliaceae) — St-J, St-K, and St-G_0–2 — have been established as the 3-0--L-glucopyranuronoside 28-O-[O-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(14)-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(16)--D-glucopyranoside]s of oleanolic acid and of hederagenin and the 3–0(6-O-ethyl--D-glucopyranuronoside) 28-O-[O-L-rhamnopyranosyl0(14)-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(16)-glucopyranoside of hederagenin, respectively.Simferopol' State University. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii No. 3, pp. 397–403, May–June, 1997.