Kanchanapoom Tripetch, Kasai Ryoji, Ohtani Kazuhiro, Andriantsiferana Marta, Yamasaki Kazuo
Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Graduate School of Biochemical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2002 Aug;50(8):1031-4. doi: 10.1248/cpb.50.1031.
A new 8,14-seco-pregnane type of steroid called cynaphyllogenin and its eight glycosides, cynaphyllosides A-H, were isolated from the aerial parts of Cynanchum aphyllum. The structures of these compounds were elucidated based on chemical and spectroscopic evidence.