Kalopanax saponin B fromHedera caucasigena

Chemistry of Natural Compounds -     

A new steroid saponin from the leaves ofYucca aloifolia

A new steroid saponin has been isolated from the air-dry leaves ofYucca aloifolia L., and it has been shown to be (25R)-5β-spirostan-3β-ol O-D-glucopyranosyl-(1 → 2)-D-galactopyranoside. The substance melts at 302–303°C [α]D²⁰ ?27.2, (c 1.0; CHCl₃).     

Triterpene glycosides ofAstragalus and their genins. XVI. Cyclogaleginosides A and B fromAstraglus galegiformis

Two glycosides of the cycloartane series — cyclogaleginosides A and B — have been obtained from inflorescences ofAstragalus galegiformis L. (Leguminosae), and their structures have been established by chemical transformations and spectral characteristics as cyclogalegigenin 3-O-(2-O-acetyl)--D-xylopyranoside and cyclogalegigenin 3-O--D-xylopyranoside, respectively.I. G. Kutateladze Institute of Pharmacochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR, Tbilisi. Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 477–481, July–August, 1984.     

Terpenoids of the oleoresins ofPicea orientalis andAbies normanniana growing in the Caucasus

The terpenoid compositions of the oleoresins of the oriental spruce and of the Nordmann fir growing in the Caucasus have been studied. From the oleoresin ofPicea orientalis (L.) Link, which belongs to the sectionOmorica, 32 mono-, sesqui-, and diterpene compounds have been identified, and fromAbies nordmanniana Stev. 37 mono-, sesqui, and diterpene compounds. Together with other diterpenoids that are characteristic for the oleoresins of all species of fir, methyl dehydroabietate and methyl 15-hydroxy dehydroabietate have been found in the oleoresin of the Nordmann fir. Three new sesquiterpene hydrocarbons have been isolated.