Studies on the roots of Cynanchum stauntoi led to the isolation of two C21-steroidal glycosides, formally named stauntosides A and B. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic evidence, especially that from analysis of 2D-NMR spectra. They were found to possess an unusual skeleton and were identified as stauntogenin 3-O-α-L-diginopyranosyl-(1-4)-β-L-cymaropyranosyl-(1-4)-β-D-digitoxopyranosyl-(1-4)-β-D-thevetopyranoside and stauntogenin 3-O-α-L-cymaropyranosyl-(1-4)-β-D-digitoxopyranosyl-(1-4)-β-D-3-demethyl-2-deoxy-thevetopyranoside.
NMR assignments, two-dimensional NMR techniques, Cynanchum stauntoi, Ascelepiadaceae, C21-steroidal glycosides, stauntoside A, stauntoside B
NCBI PubMed ID: 10647217Publication DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(99)00439-2Journal NLM ID: 0151434Publisher: Elsevier
Institutions: Department of Food Science, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 65 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520, USA, Department of Food & Nutrition, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi, Osaka, Japan
Methods: 13C NMR, 1H NMR, FAB-MS, TLC, HPLC, optical rotation measurement, HMBC, HMQC, COSY, NOESY, APCI-MS