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Triterpenoid saponins from cultural plants of Stenocereus stellatus (Cactaceae)

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A new triterpenoid saponin, named stellatoside A (1), and a known saponin (2), were isolated from cultural plants of the cactus Stenocereus stellatus (Ludwig G. K. Pfeiffer) V. Riccobono. The structure of 1 was determined to be a stellatogenin 3-O-α-l-rhamnopyranosyl(1→4)-α-l-rhamnopyranosyl(1→2)-β-d-glucuronopyranoside by spectroscopic methods. This is the first study to examine the substances of the cultural plants of cacti.

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  1. Department of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2-522-1 Noshio, Kiyose, Tokyo, 204-8588, Japan

    Takeo Imai, Sachie Okazaki, Kaoru Kinoshita, Kiyotaka Koyama & Kunio Takahashi

  2. Research Institute of Evolutionary Biology, 2-4-28 Kamiyoga, Setagaya, Tokyo, 158-0098, Japan

    Hiroshi Yuasa

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Imai, T., Okazaki, S., Kinoshita, K. et al. Triterpenoid saponins from cultural plants of Stenocereus stellatus (Cactaceae). J Nat Med 60, 49–53 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11418-005-0004-4

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