Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
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Saponin and Sapogenol. XXXIV. Chemical Constituents of Astragali Radix, the Root of Astragalus membranaceus BUNGE. (1). Cycloastragenol, the 9, 19-Cycloanostane-type Aglycone of Astragalosides, and the Artifact Aglycone Astragenol
ISAO KITAGAWAHUIKANG WANGAKIRA TAKAGIMASAKO FUCHIDAIWAO MIURAMASAYUKI YOSHIKAWA
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Keywords: artifact aglycone
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1983 Volume 31 Issue 2 Pages 689-697

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Triterpene-oligoglycoside constituents of Astragali Radix, the root of Korean Astragalus membranaceus BUNGE (Leguminosae), were isolated. By means of enzymatic and chemical degradations, the 9, 19-cyclolanostane-type triterpene named cycloastragenol (1), which was the common genuine aglycone of ten of eleven astragalosides, and the lanost-9 (II)-ene-type counterpart named astragenol (5), which was an artifact aglycone secondarily formed from 1, were isolated. On the basis of chemical and physicochemical evidence, the structures of cycloastragenol and astragenol were elucidated as (20R, 24S)-3β, 6α, 16β, 25-tetrahydroxy-20, 24-epoxy-9, 19-cyclolanostane (1) and (20R, 24S)-3β, 6α, 16β, 25-tetrahydroxy-20, 24-epoxy-lanost-9 (11)-ene (5), respectively.

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