Saponins and Sapogenins from Brachiaria decumbens Stapf

Four steroidal saponins and three sapogenins were identified from aerial parts of Brachiaria decumbens. Their structures were established by chemical and spectroscopic means (¹H and 13C NMR, HMBC, HMQC) as 3beta-methoxy-lanost-9(11)-ene (1), diosgenin (2a), yamogenin (2b), 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-...

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Main Authors: Pires Viviane S., Taketa Alexandre T. C., Gosmann Grace, Schenkel Eloir P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2002-01-01
Series:Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50532002000200002