Isolation and Structure of a New Steroid, Asterosapogenine I, from Asterosaponins A and B

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1 January 1972

journal article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Agricultural and Biological Chemistry

Vol. 36 (10), 1777-1782
https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb1961.36.1777

Abstract

A new steroid, asterosapogenine I, was isolated as the main component in acid hydrolyzates of asterosaponins A and B. The structure of the compound was assigned to be 3β, 6α-dihydroxy-5α-pregn-9(11)-en-20-one.

Keywords

STRUCTURE
STEROID
ACID HYDROLYZATES
MAIN COMPONENT
DIHYDROXY 5Α
6Α DIHYDROXY
5Α PREGN

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