The major saponin named thornasteroside A (5) has been isolated from the whole body of starfish Acanthaster planci L. (crown of thorns). In order to facilitate the structural study, thornasteroside A (5) has been converted to a pentaglycoside (designated as dsp-1), which corresponds to a desulfated pregnane-type derivative of 5. On the bases of chemical reactions and physicochemical evidence, the structure of dsp-1 has been elucidated as 10. Based on the accumulated evidence in this and the preceding papers, the structure of thornasteroside A has been established as 20-hydroxy-6α-O-β-D-fucopyranosyl (1→2)-β-D-galactopyranosyl (1→4)-[β-D-quinovopyranosyl (1→2)]-β-D-xylopyranosyl (1→3)-β-D-quinovopyranosyl}-5α-cholest-9 (11)-en-23-on-3β-yl sodium sulfate (5).
从棘冠海星(Acanthaster planci L.)全身分离得到主要
皂苷成分thornasteroside A(5)。为了便于结构研究,将thornasteroside A(5)转化为一种五糖苷(命名为dsp-1),相当于去
硫酸化的
孕甾烷衍
生物。根据
化学反应和物化证据,dsp-1的结构被阐明为10。基于本篇及前述论文积累的证据,thornasteroside A的结构被确定为20-羟基-6α-O-β-D-岩藻
吡喃糖基(1→2)-β-
D-半乳
吡喃糖基(1→4)-[β-D-苦苣
吡喃糖基(1→2)]-β-D-木
吡喃糖基(1→3)-β-D-苦苣
吡喃糖基}-5α-胆甾-9(11)-烯-23-酮-3β-基
硫酸钠(5)。