Two new triterpenoid saponins, beciumecine I and 2, were-isolated from the
root bark of Becium grandiflorum var, obovatum and their structures establi
shed as 3-O-(beta-D-glucopyranosyl) terminolic acid 28-O-beta-D-apiofuranos
yl( 1-3)-[alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl( 1-3)-beta-D-xylopyranosyl( 1-4)]-alpha-L
-rhamnopyranosyl(1-2)-alpha-L-arabinopyranoside and 3-O-(beta-D-glucopyrano
syl) 24-hydroxyterminolic acid 28-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl(1-3)-beta-D-xyl
opyranosyl(1-4)-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl(1-2)-alpha-L-arabinopyranoside, res
pectively. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.