Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.29790126),Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.95-A1504-03)and the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(Nos.970211006-6,G2000077502).
The stereoselecfive synthesis of typhoniside, a new cerebroside isolated from Typhonium giganteum Engl. was accomplished. Cerebrosides are a kind of glycolipids highly enriched on the surface of myelin-producing cells...