1987 Volume 35 Issue 5 Pages 1982-1990
Four new triterpenoid saponins, gymnocladus saponins F2 (1), F1 (2), E (3) and D1 (4), were isolated from the fruits of Gymnocladus chinensis BAILLON. On the basis of chemical and physicochemical evidence, they were characterized structurally as 3, 28-bisglycosides of 2β, 23-dihydroxyacacic acid having a glycosyl monoterpene carboxylate as an acyl moiety.