Four new steroid constituents from the waste residue of fibre separation from Agave americana leaves

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2004 Jun;52(6):654-8. doi: 10.1248/cpb.52.654.

Abstract

Three new steroidal saponins, named agamenosides H-J (1-3), and a new cholestane steroid agavegenin D (4) were isolated from the waste residue of fibre separation from Agave americana leaves, together with six known steroids. Structures of the new compounds 1-4 were deduced to be (22S,23S,24R,25S)-24-[(beta-D-glucopyranosyl)oxy]-5alpha-spirostane-3beta,6alpha,23-triol 6-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (1), (22S,23S,24R,25S)-5alpha-spirostane-3beta,23,24-triol 24-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (2), (22S,23S,25R,26S)-23,26-epoxy-5alpha-furostane-3beta,22,26-triol 26-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (3), and (22S,25S)-5alpha-cholestane-3beta,16beta,22,26-tetrol (4), respectively, by means of spectroscopic analysis, including extensive 1D and 2D NMR data, and the results of hydrolytic cleavage.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Agave*
  • Phytosterols / chemistry*
  • Phytosterols / isolation & purification*
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Plant Extracts / isolation & purification
  • Plant Leaves
  • Water / chemistry

Substances

  • Phytosterols
  • Plant Extracts
  • Water