Eleven pregnanes were isolated from the hydrolysate of the CHCl3 extract fr
actionated from the caules of Hoya carnosa, Among these, six pregnanes, inc
luding 19-acetoxydigipurpuragenin II, were new, and their structures were e
lucidated, The structures of twenty new pregnane tetraosides and pentaoside
s, named hoyacarnosides A-T besides three known ones from the CHCl3 extract
, were determined.