Carbohydrates from Cynanchum otophyllum

Carbohydr Res. 2004 Aug 2;339(11):1967-72. doi: 10.1016/j.carres.2004.04.016.

Abstract

Four new carbohydrates were isolated from the acidic hydrolysis part of the ethyl acetate extract of Cynanchum otophyllum Schneid (Asclepiadaceae). Their structures were determined as methyl 2,6-dideoxy-3-O-methyl-beta-D-arabino-hexopyranosyl-(1-->4)-6-deoxy-3-O-methyl-beta-D-ribo-hexopyranosyl-(1-->4)-6-deoxy-3-O-methyl-alpha-L-ribo-hexopyranoside (1), methyl 6-deoxy-1,3-di-O-methyl-beta-D-ribo-hexosyl-(1-->4)-2,6-dideoxy-3-O-methyl-alpha-D-arabino-hexopyranoside (2), methyl 2,6-dideoxy-3-O-methyl-beta-D-arabino-hexopyranosyl-(1-->4)-6-deoxy-3-O-methyl-alpha-L-ribo-hexopyranoside (3), and 2,6-dideoxy-3-O-methyl-beta-D-arabino-hexopyranosyl-(1-->4)-2,6-dideoxy-3-O-methyl-alpha-D-arabino-hexopyranosyl-(1-->4)-2,6-dideoxy-3-O-methyl-beta-D-lyxo-hexopyranose (4), respectively, by spectral methods.

MeSH terms

  • Carbohydrate Conformation
  • Carbohydrate Sequence
  • Carbohydrates / chemistry*
  • Carbohydrates / isolation & purification
  • Cynanchum / chemistry*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Medicine, Chinese Traditional*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry*
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*

Substances

  • Carbohydrates
  • Plant Extracts