G. Bader et al., A NEW TRITERPENE SAPONIN FROM HETEROPAPPUS-BIENNIS WITH AN UNUSUAL CARBOHYDRATE CHAIN, Helvetica Chimica Acta, 77(7), 1994, pp. 1861-1868
A new saponin, beta-D-xylopyranosyl(1-->3)]-beta-D-glucopyranosyl arju
nolate (1) was isolated from the flowers of Heteropappus biennis (LDB.
) TAMAMSCH. The structure was established mainly by a combination of 1
D selective and 2D NMR techniques like COSY, TOCSY, ROESY, HMQC, and H
MBC. Molecular-modelling calculations showed that the oligosaccharide
chain is rather rigid. Six minimum structures are discussed.