Dammarane-type triterpene saponins from the flowers of Panax notoginseng.
Four new dammarane-type triterpene saponins named floranotoginsenosides A (1), B (2), C (3) and D (4), together with five known triterpene saponins, were isolated from the flowers of Panax notoginseng. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectral and chemical evidence.
Wang
Jing-Rong
JR
School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China. ikouno@net.nagasaki-u.ac.jp.
Yamasaki
Yuko
Y
Tanaka
Takashi
T
Kouno
Isao
I
Jiang
Zhi-Hong
ZH
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000737:chemistry*; D035264:Flowers / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D053723:Panax notoginseng / Q000737:chemistry*; D012503:Saponins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014315:Triterpenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D000097669:Dammaranes
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D012503:Saponins; D014315:Triterpenes; D000097669:Dammaranes