title: [Steroid saponins from the rhizomes of Dioscorea caucasica Lipsky].
abstract: Deltonin or diosgenin-3-0-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1----2)-[beta-D- glucopyranosyl-(1----4)-]-beta-D-glucopyranoside, m. p. 282 degrees, [alpha] 20(546): -96.4 degrees (c 1, pyridine) and a new oligospirostanoside beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1----3'' Glcp)-deltonin, m. p. 242-243 degrees, [alpha]20(546): -63.7 degrees (c 1, pyridine) were isolated from rhizomes of Dioscorea caucasica.
mesh_terms: D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D012426:Russia; D012503:Saponins / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013150:Spirostans / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D012503:Saponins; D013150:Spirostans; C016347:deltonin; C042029:glucopyranosyl-(1-3)-deltonin
vernacular_title: Steroidnye saponiny iz kornevishch dioskorei kavkazskoĭ Dioscorea caucasica Lipsky.