ASTRAGALOSIDES FROM EGYPTIAN ASTRAGALUS-SPINOSUS VAHL

Four cycloartane triterpene oligoglycosides were isolated from the n-b utanol extract of the aerial parts of Astragalus spinosus Vahl. (Legum inosae). They were identified as astragaloside I (1), isoastragaloside I (2), astragaloside IV (4) and cycloastragenol 6-O-glucoside (5) on the basis of comparing their m.p.'s, H-1 NMR and C-13 NMR spectra and chromatographic patterns with the data given in the literature. The re sults of AIDS antiviral and antitumor screening of the major component , astragaloside II (3), are dealt with.