From the whole plant of Caralluma lasiantha, two new bisdesmosidic C-21 steroidal (pregnane) glycosides, named as lasianthoside A and B, were isolated and their structures elucidated solely based on extensive 2D-NMR and MS/MS spectral analysis as caralasigenin 3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl(1→4)-β-D-digitalopyranoside-20-O-α-L-rhamnosyl(1→6)-β-D-glucopyranoside and caralumagenin 3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl(1→4)-β-D-digitalopyranoside-20-O-α-L-rhamnosyl(1→6)-β-D-glucopyranoside. In addition, a known flavonoid glycoside, luteolin neohesperidoside, was also isolated.
structure elucidation, Asclepiadaceae, NMR assignments, two-dimensional NMR techniques, Caralumagenin, bisdesmosidic pregnane steroidal glycosides, caralasigenin, Caralluma lasiantha, luteolin neohesperidoside, lasianthoside A, lasianthoside B
Publication DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00569-XJournal NLM ID: 0151434Publisher: Elsevier
Correspondence: Cordell GA
Institutions: Program for Collaborative Research in the Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, The University of Illinois at Chicago, 833 South Wood Street, Chicago, IL 60612 USA, University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kakatiya University, Warangal-506 009 Andhra Pradesh, India, Dr. Reddy's Research Foundation, Bollaram Road, Miyapur, Hyderabad, India
Methods: 13C NMR, 1H NMR, IR, FAB-MS, optical rotation measurement, ROESY, TOCSY, DCI-MS, DQF-COSY, HMBC, HMQC, DEPT, HOHAHA