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Steroids and triterpenoids from Cucumis sativus roots

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Investigations on the EtOH extract of Cucumis sativus roots led to the isolation of 15 compounds (1–15). Their structures were identified using spectroscopic methods. Among these compounds, compound 1, stigmasta-8(14),22-diene-7α-methoxy-3β-ol, is a new steroid, and 2, 4–15 were isolated from this plant for the first time.

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This work was financially supported by the following grants: Science and Technology Department of Hunan Province (No. 2009FJ3213) and “Talent Scholarship of Yunnan Youth (No. 2007PY01-48)”.

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  1. College of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, 410208, Changsha, P. R. China

    Xiao-Jiang Zhou, Xue-Song Li & Gang Pei

  2. State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 650204, Kunming, P. R. China

    Xue-Song Li, Jun-Feng Wang & Yong-Xian Cheng

  3. Department of Nephrology, The First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, 650032, Kunming, P. R. China

    Ying Shen

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Published in Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, May–June, 2012, pp. 379–381.

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Zhou, XJ., Li, XS., Shen, Y. et al. Steroids and triterpenoids from Cucumis sativus roots. Chem Nat Compd 48, 419–422 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10600-012-0264-7

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