Two new steroidal saponins from the rhizomes of Dioscorea zingiberensis.Chin J Nat Med. 2014 Feb; 12(2):142-7.CJ
AIM
To investigate the chemical constituents of Dioscorea zingiberensis C. H. Wright.
METHODS
The compounds were isolated by various chromatographic techniques, and the structures of the new steroidal saponins were elucidated by extensive 1D- and 2D-NMR, MS, and IR spectral analysis.
RESULTS
The 70% EtOH extract of the rhizomes of Dioscorea zingiberensis afforded two new steroidal saponins, zingiberenosides A (1) and B (2), along with eight known analogues, 3β, 26-dihydroxy-25(R)-furosta-Δ(5, 20(22))-diene-3-O-α-L- rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (3), methyl parvifloside (4), deltoside (5), methyl deltoside (6), zingiberensis new saponin (7), deltonin (8), progenin III (9) and diosgenin-diglucoside (10).
CONCLUSION
Two new steroidal saponins were isolated from Dioscorea zingiberensis and their structures determined.