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Saponins from the seeds of Mimusops laurifolia
Jacqueline Eskander1, Catherine Lavaud, Isabelle Pouny
1Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie, FRE 2715 CNRS, IFR 53 Biomolécules, bâtiment 18, BP 1039, 51687 Reims cedex 2, France.
Abstract:
Nine saponins were isolated from the seeds of Mimusops laurifolia. Their structures were established using one- and two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. Three of them are identified as: 3-O-(beta-d-apiofuranosyl-(1-->3)-beta-d-glucuronopyranosyl)-28-O-(alpha-l-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->3)-beta-d-xylopyranosyl-(1-->4)-alpha-l-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-alpha-l-arabinopyranosyl)-16alpha-hydroxyprotobassic acid, 3-O-(beta-d-glucopyranosyl-(1-->3)-beta-d-glucopyranosyl)-28-O-(alpha-l-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->3)-beta-d-xylopyranosyl-(1-->4)-alpha-l-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-alpha-l-arabinopyranosyl)-16alpha-hydroxyprotobassic acid and 3-O-(beta-d-glucopyranosyl-(1-->6)-beta-d-glucopyranosyl-(1-->6)-beta-d-glucopyranosyl)-28-O-(alpha-l-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->3)-beta-d-xylopyranosyl-(1-->4)-alpha-l-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-alpha-l-arabinopyranosyl)-16alpha-hydroxyprotobassic acid.

