title: Triterpenoid saponins from Gymnema sylvestre.
abstract: Besides six known gymnemic acids, four new tritepenoid saponins, gymnemasins A, B, C and D, isolated from the leaves of Gymnema sylvestre, were identified as 3-O-[beta-D-glucopyranosyl(1-->3)-beta-D-glucuronopyranosyl]-22-O- tigloyl- gymnemanol, 3-O-[beta-D-glucopyranosyl (1-->3)-beta-D-glucuronopyranosyl]-gymnemanol, 3-O-beta-D-glucuronopyranosyl-22-O-tigloyl-gymnemanol and 3-O-beta-D-glucuronopyranosyl-gymnemanol, respectively. The aglycone, gymnemanol, which is a new compound, was characterized as 3 beta, 16 beta, 22 alpha, 23, 28-pentahydroxyolean-12-ene.
authors.affiliation: Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Calcutta, India.
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Sahu
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Mahato
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Poddar
mesh_terms: D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D012503:Saponins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016339:Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment
chemical_list: D012503:Saponins