From the aerial parts of Solenostemma argel, two monoterpene glucosides have been isolated and identified as 6,7-dihydroxy-dihydrolinalool 3-O-β-glucopyranoside and 6,7-dihydroxy-dihydrolinalool 7-O-β- glucopyranoside. A pregnane glucoside was also isolated and assigned as pregn-5-ene-3,14-β-dihydroxy-7,20-dione 3-O-β-glucopyranoside together with the known compounds benzyl alcohol O-β-apiofuranosyl-(1→6)-β-glucopyranoside, 2-phenylethyl O-α-arabinopyranosyl-(1→6)-β-glucopyranoside, astragalin and kaempferol-3-O-α-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-β-glucopyranoside.
Asclepiadaceae, Solenostemma argel, monoterpene, pregnane glucosides
NCBI PubMed ID: 10820807Publication DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9422(99)00447-1Journal NLM ID: 0151434Publisher: Elsevier
Correspondence: mkamel@mailcity.com
Institutions: Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt
Methods: 13C NMR, 1H NMR, NMR-2D, TLC, GLC, HPLC, enzymatic digestion, extraction, optical rotation measurement, CC, derivatization, evaporation, HR-FAB-MS