Fitoterapia. 2001 Nov; 72(7): 747-55.

New steroids from Solenostemma argel leaves.

Hamed AI.

Faculty of Science, South Valley University, 81528, Aswan, Egypt. arafahammed@hotmail.com

Two new pregnane ester glycosides, named stemmoside A (1) and stemmoside B (2) and a third new polyhydroxy pregnane, named stemmin C (3), were isolated from Solenostemma argel leaves. The structures were achieved by extensive one- and two-dimensional NMR and MS spectroscopic analysis.