New bisdesmosidic triterpene saponins from the roots of Pulsatilla chinensis

J Nat Prod. 2001 Sep;64(9):1226-9. doi: 10.1021/np010252t.

Abstract

Further phytochemical analysis aimed at the triterpene saponin constituents of the roots of Pulsatilla chinensis has resulted in the isolation of four new bisdesmosidic triterpene saponins whose aglycons are based on the lupane skeleton (1-4), together with three known saponins (5-7). The structures of the new compounds were determined by spectroscopic analysis and acid-catalyzed hydrolysis.

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology
  • Carbohydrate Conformation
  • Carbohydrate Sequence
  • Chromatography
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / chemistry*
  • HL-60 Cells / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Myeloid
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Medicine, Chinese Traditional
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Plant Roots / chemistry
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry
  • Ranunculaceae / chemistry*
  • Saponins / chemistry
  • Saponins / isolation & purification*
  • Saponins / pharmacology
  • Triterpenes / chemistry
  • Triterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Triterpenes / pharmacology
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured / drug effects

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Saponins
  • Triterpenes