Steroids from the roots of Nerium oleander

J Nat Prod. 1999 Jul;62(7):1065-7. doi: 10.1021/np990031b.

Abstract

Two new cardenolides, 3beta-hydroxy-5alpha-carda-14(15), 20(22)-dienolide (beta-anhydroepidigitoxigenin) (1) and 3beta-O-(D-digitalosyl)-21-hydroxy-5beta-carda-8,14,16 , 20(22)-tetraenolide (neriumogenin-A-3beta-D-digitaloside) (2), and two known compounds, proceragenin and neridienone A (3), have been isolated from the roots of Nerium oleander. The structures of 1 and 2 were elucidated on the basis of spectral data interpretation.

MeSH terms

  • Carbohydrate Sequence
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Plant Roots / chemistry
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Spectrophotometry, Infrared
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
  • Steroids / chemistry*
  • Steroids / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Steroids
  • beta-anhydroepidigitoxigenin
  • neriumogenin-A-digitaloside