1968 Volume 16 Issue 7 Pages 1228-1234
The structure of the steroidal saponin, convallasaponin-D, 3)C50H82O21, mp 264-265°, [a]21D : -66°, which was isolated from the flowers of Convallaria keisukei MIQ., Japanese lily of the valley, was studied and elucidated as rhodeasapogenin (1)-β-D-glucopyranosido, (3)-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl (1rha→2xyl)-β-D-xylopyranosyl (1xyl→3rha)-α-L-rhamnopyranoside.