Abstract:
This paper reports the isolation and determination of three triterpene glucosides named uralsaponin A(Ⅰ), uralsaponin B(Ⅱ) and glycyrrhizin (Ⅲ) from the root of
Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. Their chemical structures were elucidated by means of chemical and spectrometric analysis (UV, IR, MS,
1H-HMR and
13CNMR).Uralsaponin A(Ⅰ), C
42H
62O
16, was obtained as granular white crystals, mp235℃ (d.),
αD18+42.7(c,0.45,90%MeOH),Its structure was found to be 3β-hydroxy-11-oxo-olean-12-en-30-oic acid-3-0-
β-D-glucuronopyranosyl- (1-2)-
β-D-glucuronopyranoside(Ⅰ).Uraisaponin B(Ⅱ),C
42H
62O
16,was obtained as white, granular white crystals, mp 244℃ (d.),(d.),
αD18+31.0(c,0.29,90%MeOH), Its structure was found to be 3β-hydroxy-11-oxo-olean-12-en-30-oic acid-3-0-
β-D-glucuronopyranosyl-(1-3)-
β-D-glucuronopyranoside(Ⅱ).Uralsaponin A(Ⅰ) and Uralsaponin B(Ⅱ) are all new triterpenoid saponins. The known saponin was identified to be 3
β-hydroxy-11-oxo-olean-12-en- 30-oic acid-3-
β-D-glucuronopyranosyl- (1-2) -
α-D-glucuronopyranoside, Glycyrrhizin (Ⅲ).