Bufospirostenin A and Bufogargarizin C, Steroids with Rearranged Skeletons from the Toad Bufo bufo gargarizans

J Nat Prod. 2017 Apr 28;80(4):1182-1186. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b01018. Epub 2017 Mar 3.

Abstract

Bufospirostenin A (1) and bufogargarizin C (2), two novel steroids with rearranged A/B rings, were isolated from the toad Bufo bufo gargarizans. Compound 1 represents the first spirostanol found in animals. Compound 2 is an unusual bufadienolide with a cycloheptatriene B ring. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic analysis, single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis, and computational calculations.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bufanolides / chemistry*
  • Bufanolides / isolation & purification*
  • Bufo bufo*
  • China
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular

Substances

  • Bufanolides
  • bufogargarizin C
  • bufospirostenin A
  • bufadienolide