New cardenolide and acylated lignan glycosides from the aerial parts of Asclepias curassavica

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2008 Aug;56(8):1159-63. doi: 10.1248/cpb.56.1159.

Abstract

Three new cardenolide glycosides and six new acylated lignan glycosides were obtained along with nineteen known compounds from the aerial parts of Asclepias curassavica L. (Asclepiadaceae). The structure of each compound was determined based on interpretations of NMR and MS measurements and chemical evidence.

MeSH terms

  • Acylation
  • Asclepias / chemistry*
  • Cardenolides / isolation & purification*
  • Glycosides / isolation & purification*
  • Lignans / chemistry
  • Lignans / isolation & purification
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Pregnanes / chemistry

Substances

  • Cardenolides
  • Glycosides
  • Lignans
  • Pregnanes