Structure of eximisoside A, a novel triterpene glycoside from the Far-Eastern sea cucumber psolus eximius

J Nat Prod. 1997 Aug;60(8):817-9. doi: 10.1021/np9701541.

Abstract

The new triterpene saponin eximisoside A (1) has been isolated from the Far-Eastern sea cucumber Psolus eximius and its structure elucidated by 1D and 2D NMR (13C, 1H, 1H-1H COSY, HMQC, and NOESY spectra), and FABMS studies. The structural features of eximisoside A (1) are the rare presence of a 23 double bond in the aglycon and the absence of quinovose, typically found in the oligosaccharide chain of holothurian glycosides.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Carbohydrate Conformation
  • Carbohydrate Sequence
  • Glycosides / chemistry*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Sea Cucumbers / chemistry*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment
  • Triterpenes / chemistry*

Substances

  • Glycosides
  • Triterpenes
  • eximisoside A