Abstract:
To study the C
21 steroids of the stems of
Marsdenia tenacissima (Roxb.) Wight et Arn, various chromatography methods were used for the isolation of the constituents and their structures were identified by spectral analysis. Eight C
21 steroids were isolated from the CHCl
3 extract, which were identified as 11
α-
O-tigloyl-17
β-tenacigenin B (1), 17
β-tenacigenin B (2), tenacigenoside A (3), 11
α-
O-2-methylbutyryl-12
β-
O-acetyl tenacigenin B (4), tenacissoside H (5), marsdenoside A (6), tenacissoside G (7), and tenacissoside I (8). Among them, compound 1 is a new compound.