Dammarane-type triterpene saponins from the flowers of Panax notoginseng

  • Molecules. 2009 Jun 10;14(6):2087-94. doi: 10.3390/molecules14062087.
Jing-Rong Wang  1 Yuko Yamasaki Takashi Tanaka Isao Kouno Zhi-Hong Jiang
Affiliations
  • 1. School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China. [email protected].
Abstract

Four new dammarane-type triterpene saponins named floranotoginsenosides A (1), B (2), C (3) and D (4), together with five known triterpene saponins, were isolated from the flowers of Panax notoginseng. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectral and chemical evidence.

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