Four new cycloartane saponins from Curculigo orchioides

Planta Med. 1992 Apr;58(2):208-10. doi: 10.1055/s-2006-961431.

Abstract

Four new cycloartane-type triterpene glycosides named curculigosaponins G, H, I, and J have been isolated from rhizomes of Curculigo orchioides (Chinese Name: Xiao Mao; Hypoxidaceae). Their structures were elucidated by FAB-MS, 1H-, 13C-NMR, and 2D-NMR analysis and chemical evidence. A pharmacological study showed that curculigosaponin G increased the weight of the thymus in vivo in mice.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Carbohydrate Sequence
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / chemistry*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred ICR
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Saponins / chemistry
  • Saponins / isolation & purification*
  • Thymus Gland / drug effects

Substances

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Saponins