From Caralluma umbellata, two new pregnane glycosides, named carumbell
oside I and II, were isolated and their structures and stereochemistry
were elucidated by a combination of NMR techniques as 3-O-beta-D-gluc
opyranosyl-(1 ->6)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-3 beta, 14 beta-dihydroxypreg
n-5-en-20-one and 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-3 beta,14 beta-dihydroxypr
egn-5-en-20-one. The ambiguous assignments were resolved through molec
ular modelling comparisons.