Steroidal Saponins of Yucca schidigera Roezl.

Wieslaw Oleszek,* Magdalena Sitek, Anna Stochmal, Sonia Piacente, Cosimo Pizza, and Peter Cheeke§
Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, ul. Czartoryskich 8, 24-100 Pulawy, Poland; Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Universita degli Studi di Salerno, via Ponte Don Melillo, 84084 Fisciano, Salerno, Italy; and Department of Animal Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331
J. Agric. Food Chem., 2001, 49 (9), pp 4392–4396
DOI: 10.1021/jf010598+
Publication Date (Web): August 18, 2001
Copyright © 2001 American Chemical Society

Abstract

Eight steroidal saponins have been isolated from Yucca schidigera Roezl. trunk, and their structures were established by spectral (MS and NMR) techniques. These included three novel furostanol glycosides including 3-O-β-d-glucopyranosyl-(1→2)-[β-d-xylopyranosyl-(1→3)]-β-d-glucopyranosyl-5β(25R)-furostan-3β,22α,26-triol 26-O-β-d-glucopyranoside, 3-O-β-d-glcopyranosyl-(1→2)-[β-d-xylopyranosyl-(1→3)]-β-d-glucopyranosyl-5β(25R)-furost-20(22)-en-3β,26-diol-12-one 26-O-β-d-glucopyranoside, 3-O-β-d-glcopyranosyl-(1→2)-β-d-glucopyranosyl-5β(25R)-furostan-3β,22α,26-triol 26-O-β-d-glucopyranoside, and five known spirostanol glycosides. On the basis of the extraction efficiency, furostanol glycosides made up only 6.8% of total saponins isolated.

Keywords: Yucca; Yucca schidigera; steroidal saponins; furostanosides

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  • Published In Issue September 17, 2001
  • Received for review May 9, 2001. Revised manuscript received June 29, 2001. Accepted July 2, 2001. We thank the Polish Committee for Science for financial support (Grant 6 PO6A 012 20).

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