Three monodesmosidic glucuronide saponins of barringtogenol C, named b
arringtosides A, B and C have been isolated as their methyl esters fro
m the dried seeds of Barringtonia acutangula. On the basis of chemical
and spectral evidence, the structures of these new saponins were eluc
idated to be as follows: barringtoside A, galactopyranosyl(1-->2)]-bet
a-D-glucuronopyranosyl barringtogenol C; barringtoside B, -D-glucurono
pyranosyl-21-0-tigloyl-28-0-isobutyryl barringtogenol C; barringtoside
C, galactopyranosyl(1-->2)]-beta-D-glucuronopyranosyl barringtogenol
C.