Steroidal glycosides from the subterranean parts of Liriope spicata var. prolifera

Phytochemistry. 1996 Sep;43(1):201-6. doi: 10.1016/0031-9422(96)00228-2.

Abstract

In a continuation of phytochemical studies on the underground organs of Liriope spicata var. prolifera, four new steroidal glycosides, lirioproliosides A-D, along with two known compounds, 25(S)-ruscogenin 1-O-[alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl(1-->2)[beta-D-xylopyranosyl (1-->3)]-beta-D-fucopyranoside and ophiopogonin A, were identified. The structures of lirioproliosides A-D were established by a combination of spectroscopic and chemical methods as 25(S)-ruscogenin 1-O-[alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl(1-->2)][beta-D-xylopyranosyl (1-->3)]-beta-D-fucopyranoside-3-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranoside, 25(S)-ruscogenin 1-O-[3-O-acetyl-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl(1-->2)]-beta-D-fucopyranoside, 25(S)-ruscogenin (1-O-[2-O-acetyl-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl (1-->2)]-beta-D-fucopyranoside and ruscogenin (1-O-[2-O-acetyl-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl(1-->2)]-beta-D-fucopyranoside, respectively. Among these steroidal glycosides, ophiopogonin A and lirioprolioside B, and lirioproliosides C and D, were isolated as epimeric pairs.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Glycosides / chemistry
  • Glycosides / isolation & purification*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Methylation
  • Plant Roots / chemistry*
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment

Substances

  • Glycosides