title: Bufadienolides from the southern African Drimia depressa (Hyacinthaceae: Urgineoideae).
abstract: Two bufadienolides, 3beta,16beta-dihydroxy-5beta-bufa-20,22-dienolide and 16beta-hydroxy-5beta-bufa-20,22-dienolide-3beta-O-beta-d-galactoside, have been isolated from bulbs of the poisonous South African geophyte Drimia depressa (Hyacinthaceae).
authors.affiliation: Natural Products Research Group, School of Chemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4041, South Africa.
authors.forename: Neil R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Crouch
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Langlois
authors.forename: Dulcie A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Mulholland
mesh_terms: D002018:Bufanolides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005697:Galactosides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D019668:Liliaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013019:South Africa
chemical_list: C523740:3beta,16beta-dihydroxy-5beta-bufa-20,22-dienolide; C523741:6beta-hydroxy-5beta-bufa-20,22-dienolide-3beta-O-beta-D-galactoside; D002018:Bufanolides; D005697:Galactosides