Starfish saponins VII. Structure of luzonicoside,a further steroidal cyclic glycoside from the pacific starfishEchinaster luzonicus |
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Authors: | R Riccio A Dini L Minale C Pizza F Zollo T Sevenet |
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Institution: | (1) Istituto di Chimica Biorganica, Facoltà di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Napoli, Via L. Rodinò 22, I-80138, Napoli, (Italy);(2) Present address: Istituto per la Chimica M.I.B., Via Toiano 2, Arco Felice, Naples, Italy;(3) Laboratoires des Plantes Médicinales du C.N.R.S., Nouméa, Nouvelle Calédonie |
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Abstract: | Summary On the basis of comparative chemical and spectral data, the structure of the major saponin, luzonicoside, from the starfishEchinaster luzonicus has been elucidated as2. This is a further example of a novel class of steroidal cyclic glycoside from starfish of the genusEchinaster. Its structure includes a 7, 3 ,6 -dioxygenated-23-oxosteroidal moiety, already found in the saponins ofEchinaster sepositus, and a trisaccharide moiety, -D-galactopyranosyl-(1 2) -L-arabinopyranosyl-(1 2)- -D-glucuronopyranosyl, bridging C-3 and C-6 of the steroid.This contribution is part of the Progetto Finalizzato Oceanografia e Fondi Marini del C.N.R., Roma.Acknowledgments. We wish to thank Mrs M. Pusset, Laboratoire des Plantes Médicinales du C.N.R.S., Nouméa, for the extraction of starfish and the divers of the Centre Q.R.S.T.O.M. de Nouméa for collection. |
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