title: Antisweet saponins from Gymnema sylvestre.
abstract: Three new oleanane-type triterpene glycosides (1-3), along with the sodium salt of alternoside II (4), were isolated from an ethanol extract of the leaves of Gymnema sylvestre. The structures of these new saponins were identified as 21 beta-O-benzoylsitakisogenin 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl(1-->3)-beta-D-glucuronopyranoside (1), the potassium salt of longispinogenin 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl(1-->3)-beta-D-glucuronopyranoside (2), and the potassium salt of 29-hydroxylongispinogenin 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl(1-->3)-beta-D-glucuronopyranoside (3). The aglycon of 3, gymnemagenol (3a), was characterized as 3 beta,16 beta,28, 29-tetrahydroxyolean-12-ene. Structure elucidation was accomplished by interpretation of NMR (DQF-COSY, HMQC, and HMBC) results, FABMS, and hydrolysis. Saponin 1 and the sodium salt of alternoside II (4) exhibited antisweet activity.
authors: Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong.
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Ye
authors: X
authors: X
authors: Liu
authors: Q
authors: Q
authors: Zhang
authors: C T
authors: CT
authors: Che
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000737:chemistry*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000737:chemistry; D012503:Saponins / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D016339:Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment; D013649:Taste / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D012503:Saponins