Studies on the Steroidal Saponins of Dioscorea tokoro Makino Collected from Zhejiang

Six steroidal saponins were isolated from rhizome of Dioscorea tokoro Makino (collected from Zhejiang). By means of acetylation, acid hydrolysis, IR, MS, and 13C-NMR etc., five of them were identical with yononin (A) (yield 0.0069%), dioscin (C) (0.04%), gracillin (D) (0.03%), protodioscin (E) (0.5%), protogracillin (F) (0.2%), respectively. Because of low yield, saponin B was not identified.     

浙江山萆薢甾体皂甙的研究

从山萆薢根茎分到6个甾体皂甙,通过乙酰化、酸水解,红外、质谱和碳谱等鉴定,分别为约诺皂甙(A),薯蓣皂甙(C),纤细皂甙(D),原薯蓣皂甙(E),原纤细皂甙(F);皂甙 B 因得率极低,未能完成鉴定。