title: Spirostanol and furostanol glycosides from the fresh tubers of Polianthes tuberosa.
abstract: Six new steroid glycosides--two spirostanols, polianthosides B and C (1, 2), and four furostanols, polianthosides D-G (3-6)--were isolated from the fresh tubers of Polianthes tuberosa, together with seven known spirostanols (7-13) and a known furostanol (14) saponins. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic analysis and the results of acidic and enzymatic hydrolysis. The cytotoxic activities of 1-14 against HeLa cells are reported.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jian-Ming
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Ying-Jun
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Chong-Ren
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000070357:Asparagaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D006027:Glycosides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D006868:Hydrolysis; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D013261:Sterols / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D006027:Glycosides; D013261:Sterols