Abstract:
A species of the genus
Glycyrrhiza, G. eurycarpa P. C. Li recently reported as a new species growing in Gansu Province and Xinjiang Autonomous Region has rarely been studied before on its chemical constituents. This paper reports the isolation and chemical elucidation of two triterpene glucosides named glyeurysaponin (K-4) and uralsaponin B (K-3)from this species collected in Jinta County, Gansu Province. Their chemical structures were elucidated by means of chemical and spectrometric analysis (UV, IR, MS,
1HNMR and
13CNMR)and were first reported to be present in this plant.
Glyeurysaponin (K-4), C
42H
62O
16 was obtained as white crystals, mp 288℃ (d),α
D18+22.5°(c 0.62, 60% MeOH ). Its structure was found to be 3
β- hydroxy- 11-oxo- olean-12-en-30-oic acid-3-O -
β- D-glucuronopyranosyl-(1→4 )-
β- D -glucuronopyranoside. Glyeurysaponin is a new triterpenoid saponin.
The known saponin was identified to be 3β- hydroxy- 11-oxo- olean- 12- en-30- oic acid-3-O -
β- D-glucuronopyranosyl-(1→ 3 ) -
β- D- glucuronopyranoside, uralsaponin B.