Escins-Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, and IIIa, bioactive triterpene oligoglycosides from the seeds of Aesculus hippocastanum L.: their inhibitory effects on ethanol absorption and hypoglycemic activity on glucose tolerance test

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 1994 Jun;42(6):1357-9. doi: 10.1248/cpb.42.1357.

Abstract

Five triterpene oligoglycosides named escins-Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, and IIIa were isolated from the seeds of Aesculus hippocastanum L. and their chemical structures were determined on the basis of chemical and physicochemical evidence. Escins-Ia, Ib, IIa, and IIb were found to exhibit inhibitory effect on ethanol absorption and hypoglycemic activity on oral glucose tolerance test in rats. Among them, escins-IIa and IIb showed the higher activities for both bioassays, while desacylescins-I and II had no activity.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Escin / analogs & derivatives*
  • Escin / isolation & purification*
  • Escin / pharmacology
  • Ethanol / pharmacokinetics*
  • Glucose Tolerance Test
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / pharmacology
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Rats
  • Triterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Triterpenes / pharmacology

Substances

  • Hypoglycemic Agents
  • Triterpenes
  • Ethanol
  • Escin