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roseoside "0# as indicated from the signals at dC 009[7 "C!
0ý# with dH 4[28 "0H\ d\ Jꢁ0[3 Hz\ H!0ý# of the P!D!
apiofuranosyl moiety "Otsuka et al[\ 0883# and the signals
at dC 090[2 "C!0?# with dH 3[39 "0H\ d\ Jꢁ6[6 Hz\ H!0?#
of the P!D!glucopyranosyl unit[ Their attachment tog!
ether by a "0:1# interglycosidic linkage was deduced
from the down_eld shift of C!1? of glucose to dC 68[2 with
up_eld shift of C!0? to dC 090[2 when compared with the
corresponding shifts of 0 at dC 64[1 and 091[6\ respec!
tively[ Therefore\ the new compound 2 was identi_ed
as "5S\6E\8R#!5\8!dihydroxymegastigma!3\6!dien!2!one!
8!O!P!D!apiofuranosyl!"0:1#!P!D!glucopyranoside and
named as trifostigmanoside I[
"Otsuka et al[\ 0883#[ In the NOESY experiment of 4\
correlation peaks between H!5 and H!01 and H!02 were
observed indicating a!axial orientation of H!5[ The
chirality at C!5 was established to be R!con_guration
as shown by molecular models which was also in ac!
cordance with the naturally occurring blumenol C
"Galbraith + Horn\ 0861#[ From the above mentioned
data\ the new compound 4 could be characterized
as "5R\8R#!8!hydroxymegastigma!3!en!2!one!8!O!P!D!
apiofuranosyl!"0:1#!P!D!glucopyranoside and named as
trifostigmanoside III[
2[ Experimental
The elemental composition of compound 3 was deter!
mined as C13H27O00 by negative HR!FAB!MS and 02
C
Mp[ uncorr[^0H and02 C NMR "TMS as int[ standard#]
399 and 099 MHz\ respectively[ FAB!MS] direct inlet
method at an ionizing voltage of 69 eV[ HPLC] D!ODS!
4 column "19 mm I[D[×14 cm# with di}erential refrac!
tometer as detector^ ~ow rate of mobile phase 5 ml:min\
injection volume 9[7Ð0[9 ml[ CC] Kieselgel 59 "69Ð129
mesh\ Merck# and Diaion HP 19 "Mitsubishi#[ TLC] silica
gel 59 precoated plates\ F!133 and HPTLC using RP!07
precoated plates\ F!133 s "Merck#[
NMR spectral analysis[ The 02 C and 0H NMR spectral
data of 3 showed a close similarity to that of 1\ and
inspection of the data "Tables 0Ð1# veri_ed that the
aglycone part was 1a and the sugar part could be assigned
as P!D!apiofuranosyl!"0:1#!P!D!glucopyranose\ when
compared with that of 2[ These assignments were
achieved from the signals at dC 009[7 "C!0ý# with dH 4[39
"0H\ d\ Jꢁ0[4 Hz\ H!0ý# and dC 099[8 "C!0?# with dH 3[34
"0H\ d\ Jꢁ6[7 Hz\ H!0?# with down_eld shift of C!1? of
glucose to dC 68[2 when compared with the correspond!
ing shift of 1 at dC 64[2[ For further con_rmation\ com!
pound 3 was hydrolysed using 0 M HCl and the obtained
products were identi_ed as 1a\ D!glucose and D!apiose
by direct comparison with authentic materials[
Consequently\ the new compound 3 was identi_ed
as "5R\6E\8R#!8!hydroxymegastigma!3\6!dien!2!one!8!
O!P!D!apiofuranosyl!"0:1#!P!D!glucopyranoside and
named as trifostigmanoside II[
2[0[ Plant material
Seeds of T[ alexandrinum L[ "local name] Bersim# was
collected from Assiut\ Egypt\ in August 0885[ The plant
was authenticated by Professor A[ Fayed\ from the
Department of Botany\ Faculty of Science\ Assiut Uni!
versity\ Assiut\ Egypt[ A voucher specimen is deposited
at the Herbarium of the Department of Pharmacognosy\
Faculty of Pharmacy\ Assiut University\ Assiut\ Egypt[
Compound 4 was analyzed for C13H39O00 "negative
0
HR!FAB!MS and DEPT 02 C NMR[ The 02 C and H
2[1[ Extraction and isolation of compounds "0Ð4#
NMR "CD2OD\ Tabs[ 0Ð1# of 4 exhibited signals cor!
responding to P!D!apiofuranosyl!"0:1#!P!D!gluco!
pyranosyl moiety when compared with those of 2 and 3[
The remaining signals of the aglycone part indicated the
presence of megastigmane skeleton with close similarity
to 2 and 3 except for saturation of the double bond at C!
6 to give two methylenes at dC 15[8 and 27[0 cor!
responding to C!6 and C!7\ respectively with dH 0[37
and 0[55 "each 1H\ m# for H!6 and H!7\ respectively[
Comparing the NMR data of 4 in pyridine!d4 "Tables 0Ð
1# with those reported earlier "Galbraith + Horn\ 0861^
Miyase\ Ueno\ Takizawa\ Kobayashi\ + Oguchi\ 0877#
identi_ed the aglycone part as blumenol C[ The acid
hydrolysis of 4 using 0 M HCl a}orded D!glucose and D!
apiose in addition to blumenol C "4a# with ðaŁD ¦009[2>\
which was in a good agreement with the reported
value "Ref[ Galbraith + Horn\ 0861^ ¦001[4>#[ The
NMR spectrum of 4a in pyridine!d4 "Table 0# showed
that C!8 was shifted up_eld to dC 56[5 in comparison
with that of 4 at dC 64[6 "glycosylation shift valueꢁ
−7[1# assuming the chirality at C!8 as R!con_guration
Air dried and powdered seeds "0 kg# were defatted
"×2# by maceration with hexane\ followed by extraction
with MeOH under re~ux conditions[ The combined
methanolic extracts were _ltered\ evapd[ under red[ pres[
The residue suspended in H1O and partitioned with
EtOAc[ The aq[ fr[ was applied to a column of Diaion
HP 19 and eluted with H1O\ 49) MeOH and _nally with
MeOH[ The 49) MeOH eluate "5[9 g# was chro!
matographed by silica gel CC using EtOAcÐMeOHÐH1O
"7]1]0 and 5]1]0 successively# to give 5 frs[ Fr[ 0 "419 mg#
was sepd[ by a column of reversed phase RP!07 using
49) MeOH to a}ord 0 "003 mg# and 1 "00 mg#[ Fr[ 2
"139 mg# was chromatographed on a column of RP!07
using 39) MeOH followed by prep[ ODS HPLC using
31[4) MeOH to give 2 "8 mg#\ 3 "02 mg# and 4 "14 mg#[
2[2[ Compound 0
Amorphous powder\ ðaŁ11 ¦000[1> "MeOH^ c 0[22#[
D
HR!FAB!MS "negative# m:z] 274[0773 ðMÐHŁ−