A new steroidal saponin, dumoside, characterized as (20S)-3β,16β- dihydroxy pregn-5-ene-22-carboxylic acid (22,16)-lactone-3-O-β- chacotrioside, was isolated from the whole plant of Asparagus dumosus Baker and the structure was deduced from spectral data. In addition to dumoside three more steroidal saponins characterized as 3β-dihydroxy pregn-5,16- dien-20-one 3-O-β-chacotrioside, 3β,22α,26-trihydroxyfurost-5-ene-3-O-β- chacotrioside-26-O-β-D-glucopyranoside and its corresponding 22α-O methoxy analogue were also isolated for the first time from this source. The structures have been identified with the help of FAB-MS, 1H NMR, 13C NMR and extensive 2D NMR spectroscopy, as well as comparison with reported spectroscopic data.
glycoside, steroidal saponins, Liliaceae, whole plant, Asparagus dumosus, Dumoside
Publication DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00566-4Journal NLM ID: 0151434Publisher: Elsevier
Institutions: H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
Methods: 13C NMR, 1H NMR, IR, FAB-MS, TLC, acid hydrolysis, HPLC, extraction, optical rotation measurement, HMBC, HETEROCOSY, melting poind determination