A new oleanene glucuronide called melilotus-saponin O-2 (1) was isolated to
gether with three known ones (soyasaponin I, astragaloside VIII, wistariasa
ponin D) from the aerial Darts of Melilotus officinalis (L,) PALLAS (Legumi
nosae). The structure of 1 was determined to be 3-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl
-(1-->2)-beta-D-xylopyranosyl-( 1-->2)-beta-D-glucuronopyranosyl melilotige
nin by; spectroscopic and chemical methods.