Triterpene glycosides ofSophora japonica seeds

We have isolated from the seeds of Sophora japonica the known soyasaponogenol B-3-[O--D-glucopyranosyl-(12)-O--D-glucopyranuronoside] (adzukisaponin II), soyasapogenol B [3-O--galactopyranosyl-(12)-O--L-glucopyranuronoside] (soyasaponin III), soyasapogenol B 3-(O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(12)-O--L-glucopyranosyl-(12)-O--D-glucopyranuronoside] (adzukisaponin V), soyasapogenol B 3-(O--D-rhamnopyranosyl-(12)-O--D-galactopyranosyl-(12)-O--D-glucopyranuronoside] (soyasaponin I), and the new glycoside (1) — soyasapogenol B 3-[O--D-glucopyranuronoside]. The structure of this glycoside has been established on the basis of the results of enzymatic, complete, and partial hydrolyses and¹³C NMR spectra.Simferopol' State University and Kursk State Medical Institute, Kursk. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 709–713, September–October, 1995. Original submitted March 3, 1995.