Two new steroidal saponins from the biotransformation product of the rhizomes of Dioscorea nipponica

J Asian Nat Prod Res. 2012;14(7):640-6. doi: 10.1080/10286020.2012.682155. Epub 2012 May 15.

Abstract

Two new steroidal saponins, dioscins E (1) and F (2), along with nine known steroidal saponins, were isolated from the biotransformation product of the rhizomes of Dioscorea nipponica using Aspergillus oryzae. The structures of new compounds were established as 25(R)-spirost-5-en-21β-methyl-3β-ol-3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1 → 4)-β-D-glucopyranoside (1) and (25R)-spirost-5-en-3β-ol-7-one 3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1 → 4)-β-D-glucopyranoside (2) by detailed spectroscopic analyses including 1D and 2D NMR spectral data ((1)H-(1)H COSY, HSQC, and HMBC) and MS spectrometry.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aspergillus oryzae / metabolism
  • Biotransformation
  • Dioscorea / chemistry*
  • Diosgenin / analogs & derivatives*
  • Diosgenin / chemistry
  • Diosgenin / isolation & purification*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Rhizome / chemistry
  • Saponins / chemistry
  • Saponins / isolation & purification*
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Saponins
  • Diosgenin