Kamel M S, Koskinen A
Pharmacognosy Department, Assiut University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Egypt.
Phytochemistry. 1995 Dec;40(6):1773-5. doi: 10.1016/0031-9422(95)00551-h.
From the mesocarp of Balanites aegyptiaca fruits, two pregnane glycosides were isolated. One is new and identified as pregn-5-ene-3 beta,16 beta,20(R)-triol 3-O-(2,6-di-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl)-beta-D-glucopyranoside (balagyptin), while the other is known and assigned as pregn-5-ene-3 beta,16 beta,20(R)-triol 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside.