Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2010, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (1): 46-49.

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Two New Furostanol Saponins from Tribulus Terrestris L.

XU Ya-juan1,3, XU Tun-hai2*, XIE Sheng-xu1, SI Yun-shan1 and XU Dong-ming1   

  1. 1. Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Material Medica of Jilin Province, Changchun 130021, P. R. China;
    2. Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine Chemistry, School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100102, P. R. China;
    3. Traditional Chinese Medicine College, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, P. R. China

  • Received:2009-02-06 Revised:2009-06-12 Online:2010-01-04 Published:2010-03-29
  • Contact: XU Tun-hai, E-mail: thxu@yahoo.com
  • Supported by:

    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.30873357) and the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of China(No.NCET-08-0746).

Abstract:

Two new furostanol glucosides, named tribufurosides G and H, were isolated from Tribulus terrestris L. The structures of the two new furostanol glucosides were elucidated as 26-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(25R)-5α-furost-12-one-3β,22α,26-tetraol-3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→2)-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→4)-β-D-galactopyranoside(1) and 26-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(25S)-5α-12-one-2α,3β,22α,26-tetraol-3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→2)-β-D-glucopyra-nosyl-(1→4)-β-D-galactopyranoside(2) by 1D, 2D NMR techniques, ESI-MS analysis as well as chemical methods.

Key words: Tribulus terrestris L.; Furostanol saponin; Tribufurosides G and H