Download PDF
Planta Med 1991; 57(2): 162-164
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-960056
Papers

© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

A New Triterpenoid and its Glycoside from Phytolacca esculenta

Yi Yang-Hua, Dai Fu-Bao
  • School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, 325 Guo He Road, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China
Further Information

Publication History

1989

Publication Date:
05 January 2007 (online)

Also available at
  PDF Download  Permissions and Reprints

Abstract

A new triterpenoid and its glycoside, designated as esculentagenic acid and esculentoside J, have been isolated and characterized from the roots of Phytolacca esculenta. The new compounds have been identified as 2β,3β,23,30-tetrahydroxyolean-12-en-28-oic acid and 3-O-[β-D-glucopyranosyl(1→4)-β-D-xylopyranosyl] - 28-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl- 2β,3β,23,30-tetrahydroxyolean-12-en-28-oic acid.

Key words

Phytolacca esculenta - triterpenoids - esculentagenic acid - esculentoside J - structure elucidation