Dammarane-type triterpene saponins from Panax japonicus

Kun Zou; Shu Zhu; Chihiro Tohda; Shaoqing Cai; Katsuko Komatsu

doi:10.1021/np010354j

Dammarane-type triterpene saponins from Panax japonicus

J Nat Prod. 2002 Mar;65(3):346-51. doi: 10.1021/np010354j.

Authors

Kun Zou¹, Shu Zhu, Chihiro Tohda, Shaoqing Cai, Katsuko Komatsu

Affiliation

¹ Research Center for Ethnomedicines, Institute of Natural Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan.

PMID: 11908976
DOI: 10.1021/np010354j

Abstract

Six new dammarane-type saponins (1-6), together with 11 known saponins (7-17), were isolated from Ye-Sanchi, the underground part of Panax japonicus collected in the South of Yunnan Province, China. Their structures were elucidated by chemical and spectroscopic means.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

China
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
Dammaranes
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
Hydrolysis
Molecular Structure
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
Panax / chemistry*
Saponins* / analysis
Saponins* / chemistry
Saponins* / isolation & purification
Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
Triterpenes / chemistry*
Triterpenes / isolation & purification*

Substances

Saponins
Triterpenes