Financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.21072184,30973634 and 81173536)
Two novel 27-norergostanol steroids, panthogenins A (1) and B (2), possessing unusual rings E and F featuring a ketal moiety at C-25 were isolated from rhizomes ofDioscorea panthaica. Their structures and relative...
The changes in crystalline properties of starch from Rhizoma Dioscorea by acid hydrolysis was characterized by X-Ray diffractometry (XRD). The results revealed that the crystalline type of Rhizoma Dioscorea starch c...
O-a-D-Glucopyranosyl-furost-5(6),20(22)-dien-3a,26-diol 1, a new furostanol saponin, was isolated from the water-extract of Dioscorea nipponica Mak., the raw material of a traditional Chinese herbal medicine Wei Ao Xi...
Bioactivity-guided fractionation led to the isolation of a new steroidal saponin, orbiculatoside B, together with a pair of furostanol saponins, protobioside and methyl protobioside, from the fresh rhizomes of Dioscor...
We appreciate the kind help of Prof. Qishi Sun in Shenyang Pharmaceutical University for his identification of the plant material. Thanks are also extended to Prof. Naili Wang and Doctor Feng Qiu for their advices and assistance.;References
A new furostanol saponin presenting moderate bioactivity of inducing morphological deformation of Pyricularia oryzae mycelia was isolated from Dioscorea futshauensis R.Kunth by bioactivity-guided fractionation. The s...
A new spirostanol saponin presenting strong activity of inducing morphological deformation of Pyricularia oryzae mycelia was isolated from Dioscorea futshauensis R. Kunth by bioactivity-guided fractionation. The struc...
A new pregnane glycoside hypoglaucin G was isolated from Dioscorea collettii var. hypoglauca by bioactivity-guided fractionation, which showed a moderate activity of inducing morphological deformation of the Pyricular...