Phyteumosides A and B: new saponins with unique triterpenoid aglycons from Phyteuma orbiculare L

Org Lett. 2011 Mar 18;13(6):1354-7. doi: 10.1021/ol200047v. Epub 2011 Feb 15.

Abstract

Phyteumosides A (1) and B (2), two saponins with unprecedented triterpenoid aglycons, were isolated from the aerial parts of Phyteuma orbiculare (Campanulaceae). Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic and chemical methods and corroborated by X-ray diffraction analyses of the aglycons obtained through enzymatic hydrolysis. The aglycon of 1 can be considered as an incompletely cyclized onoceroid or gammaceroid triterpene with two additional tetrahydropyran rings arising from oxygen bridges. Compound 2 possesses a new 17-polypodene aglycon.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Campanulaceae / chemistry*
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Saponins / chemistry
  • Saponins / isolation & purification*
  • Triterpenes / chemistry
  • Triterpenes / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Saponins
  • Triterpenes
  • phyteumoside A
  • phyteumoside B