Diastereoisomeric saponins from the rhizomes of Tupistra chinensis

Kun Zou ^a, ,
Jun Wu ^b ,
Ming Du ^a ,
Chuang Liu ^a ,
Zi Chun Tang ^a ,
Jun Zhi Wang ^a

a Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Products Research and Development, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, China Three Gorges University, Yichang 443002, China;
b Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China

Received Date: 22 May 2006

Fund Project: This work was financially supported by the National Natural Foundation of China (no. 30670213) and Key Scientific Program of China Three Gorges University (no. 2005ZD007). The plant material was identified by Prof. Fa Ju Chen, China Three Gorges University, Hubei.

A pair of diastereoisomeric furostanol saponins was obtained from the n-butanol fraction of methanol extract from Tupistra chinensis rhizomes, a folk medicine of Shennongjia Forest District of Hubei Province. Their structures were determined, on the basis of chemical and spectroscopic evidences.

Diastereoisomeric saponins from the rhizomes of Tupistra chinensis

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