Four new oleanane saponins from Anemone anhuiensis

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2001 May;49(5):632-4. doi: 10.1248/cpb.49.632.

Abstract

Four new oleanane triterpene saponins, anhuienosides C-F, together with three known saponins, were isolated from the rhizomes of Anemone anhuiensis (Ranunculaceae). The structures of anhuienosides C-F were elucidated as 3-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-beta-D-xylopyranosyl oleanolic acid 28-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->6)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl ester, 3-O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl oleanolic acid 28-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->4)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->6)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl ester, 3-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl oleanolic acid 28-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->4)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->6)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl ester, 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->3)-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-beta-D-xylopyranosyl oleanolic acid 28-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->4)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->6)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl ester, respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • China
  • Glucosides / chemistry*
  • Glucosides / isolation & purification
  • Hydrolysis
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Oleanolic Acid / analogs & derivatives
  • Plant Roots / chemistry
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Saponins / chemistry*
  • Saponins / isolation & purification
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment
  • Triterpenes / chemistry*
  • Triterpenes / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Glucosides
  • Saponins
  • Triterpenes
  • oleanane
  • Oleanolic Acid