B. Hernandez-carlos et al., Orizabins V-VIII, tetrasaccharide glycolipids from the Mexican scammony root (Ipomoea orizabensis), J NAT PROD, 62(8), 1999, pp. 1096-1100
An extensive investigation of the so-called jalapin resinoid obtained from
roots of the Mexican scammony, Ipomoea orizabensis, using high field NMR sp
ectroscopy led to the characterization of six glycosides, including the kno
wn scammonins I (1) and II (2) and four new tetrasaccharides of jalapinolic
acid, orizabins V-VIII (3-6). All the isolates (1-6) were found to be weak
ly cytotoxic toward human oral epidermoid carcinoma (KB).