By tracing the UV triplet of heteroannular dienes, three novel saikosaponins were isolated from the root bark of Taverniera aegyptiaca. They were identified as 22 beta-hydroxyolean-11,13(18)-dien-3 beta-yl-beta-D-glucopyranoside, 1 beta,22 beta-dihydroxyolean-11,13(18)-dien-3 beta-yl-1 beta-D-glucopyranoside and 1 beta,22 beta-dihydroxyolean-11,13(18)-dien-3 beta-yl-beta-D-xylopyranosyl(1 --> 2)beta-D-glucopyranoside on the basis of chemical and spectral evidences. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
From the saponin fraction of the total methanolic extract of the dried root and stem barks of Taverniera aegyptiaca Boiss, six new triterpenoidal saponins of oleanane type were isolated and identified as 28-methyl serratagenate-3- beta-O-beta-xylopyranosyl (1-->2)-beta-glucopyranoside (2), 28-methyl serratagenate 3-beta-O-alpha-rhamnopyranosyl (1-->2)-beta-glucopyranoside (3), 3beta-O-alpha-rhamnopyranosyl (1-->2) beta-glucopyranosyl-olean-11,13(18)-dien-1beta, 3beta, 22beta-triol (4), 3beta-O-beta-glucopyranosyl (1-->2)-beta-glucuronopyranosylolean-11,13(18)-dien-1beta,3beta,22beta-triol (5), 3beta-O-alpha-xylopyranosyl(1-->2)-beta-glucuronopyranosylolean-11,13(18)-dien-1beta,3beta,22beta-triol(6), 3beta-O-alpha-rhamnopyranosyl (1-->2)-beta-glucuronopyranosylolean-11,13(18)-dien-1beta, 3beta, 22beta-triol (7) together with the known oleanolic acid 3-beta-O-beta-glucoside (1). The identification of the isolated compounds was done on the basis of chemical and spectral evidences. (C) 2003 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.