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Planta Med 1997; 63(1): 40-43
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-957600
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Five Taccalonolides from Tacca plantaginea

Zhong-liang Chen1 , Ji-hui Shen1 , Yi-sheng Gao1 , Max Wichtl2
  • 1Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yue-yang Road 319, Shanghai 200031, China
  • 2Institut für Pharmazeutische Biologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Deutschhausstraße 17 1/2, D-35032 Marburg, Germany
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04 January 2007 (online)

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Abstract

The isolation of five bitter-tasting steroids as minor constituents from the Chinese medicinal plant Tacca plantaginea (Taccaceae), taccalonolides G (1), H (2), I (3), J (4), and K (5) is described. Their structures were elucidated mainly by spectroscopic methods.

Key words

Tacca plantaginea - Taccaceae - taccalonolides - steroidal bitter substances