[Steroid saponins from the rhizomes of Dioscorea caucasica Lipsky]

Deltonin or diosgenin-3-0-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1----2)-[beta-D- glucopyranosyl-(1----4)-]-beta-D-glucopyranoside, m. p. 282 degrees, [alpha] 20(546): -96.4 degrees (c 1, pyridine) and a new oligospirostanoside beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1----3'' Glcp)-deltonin, m. p. 242-243 degrees, [alpha]20(546): -63.7 degrees (c 1, pyridine) were isolated from rhizomes of Dioscorea caucasica.