Studies on mass production of transformed Panax ginseng hairy roots in bioreactor

The growth properties of Panax ginseng hairy roots transformed by Agrobacterium rhizogenes were compared between flask and aerated column or stirred bioreactor. In flask cultures, sucrose, initially 30 g/L, was nearly exhausted after 45 d of culture. The pH of the medium dropped from 5.5 to 4.96 after 10 d, but afterward it gradually increased to 6.4. After 45 d, hairy roots grew about 16-folds. The growth rate of hairy roots in air-bubble column or stirred bioreactor cultures was 1.13 (1.11) to 1.23 (1.20) g fresh wt (dry wt)/(g of cells·d), respectively. For both bioreactors, growth was about three times as high as in the flask cultivation.     

Mechanochemical Preparation of Water-Soluble Forms of Triterpene Acids

A waste-free technology for mechanochemical processing of fir needles into a biologically active preparation that regulates plant growth was developed. A preparation exhibiting cytokinin activity due to the presence in it of water-soluble forms of triterpene acids can be prepared using the proposed method. The effectiveness of the proposed method was confirmed by instrumental methods and biological tests.     

A New Triterpenoid Saponin and a New Glycoside from Epigynum aurilum

A new triterpenoid saponin with novel sugar moiety (1), a new trisaccharide derivative (2), as well as a known monosaccharide derivative (3), were isolated from the dried stem of Epigyhum aurilum. The structures of compounds 1 and 2 were determined by MS and NMR spectram analyses.     

New triterpene glycosides fromThalictrum squarrosum St. ex Willd. The structure of squarrosides B3 and B4

From the above-ground part ofThalictrum squarrosum St. ex Willd. (Ranunculaccae), an equilibrium mixture of two triterpene glycosides, squarrosidc B3 (1), 3-O-[O-(-L-rhamno-pyranosyl)-(16)--D-glucopyranosyl]-21 (S),22(),23(R)-3,21,22,30-tctralmydroxy-21, 23-cpoxycycloartlt-24-ene, and squarrosidc B4 (2), its 21(R) epimer, was isolated. Their structures were established on the basis of IR and 2D NMR spectra and FAB mass spectra.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1547–1551, June, 1996.These signals coincide for 5 and 6.     

TRITERPENE GLYCOSIDES FROM Tetrapanax papyriferum. III. MINOR MONODESMOSIDE GLYCOSIDES FROM STEM BARK

Minor monodesmoside triterpene glycosides St-A, St-B, St-C ₁ , St-D ₁ , St-C ₂ , and St-D ₂ were isolated from stem bark ofTetrapanax papyriferumC. Koch (Araliaceae). The structures of oleanolic and echinocystic acid 3-O--L-arabinopyranosides, oleanolic and echinocystic acid 3-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(13)-O--L-arabinopyranosides, and oleanolic and echinocystic acid 3-O--D-galactopyranosyl-(12)-O--L-arabinopyranosides, respectively, were proposed. Glycosides St-C ₂ , St-D ₁ , and St-D ₂ are new triterpene glycosides. The structures of the isolated compounds were established using chemical methods and NMR spectroscopy.     

Two Novel Antifungal Saponins from Tibetan Herbal Medicine Clematis tangutica

Antifungal assay-guided isolation of the ethanol extract of the aerial parts of Clematis tangutica yielded two novel triterpene saponins. Their structures were determined to be 3-O-α-L-arabinopyranosyl hederagenin 28-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl ester (1) and 3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→4)-α-L-arabinopyranosyl hederagenin 28-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl ester (2) on the basis of spectral data and chemical reactions.     

New antitumor triterpene saponin from Lysimachia capillipes

One new saponin, named capilliposide D (1), and a known saponin, candidoside (2), were isolated from the whole plants of Lysimachia capillipes. Their structures were determined by 1D and 2D NMR, MS techniques, and chemical methods. Published in Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 268–270, May–June, 2006.     

A New Triterpenoid from "Gualou-xiebai-baijiu-tang" Consisting of Fructus trichosanthis and Bulbus allii mtacrostemi

A new triterpenoid saponin was isolated by bioactivity-guided isolation from "Gualou-xiebai-baijiu-tang" consisting ofFructus trichosanthisi and Bulbus allii macrostemi. Its structure was determined as 3-O-β-D-galactopyranosyl-hederagenin 28-O-β-D-xylopyranosyl (1→6)- β-D-galactopyranosyl ester by means of chemical evidences and spectral analysis.     

Triterpene Glycosides of Tetrapanax papyriferum. I. Isolation and Structure of Glycosides St-H2 and St-I2 from Stem Bark

Stem bark ofTetrapanax papyriferumC. Koch., Araliaceae, yielded new triterpene glycosides 28-O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(14)-O-(6-O-acetyl--D-glucopyranosyl)-(16)-O--D-glucopyranosyl esters of the 3-O-[-D-glucopyranosyl-(13)-[-D-galactopyranosyl-(12)]-O--L-arabinopyranosides of oleanolic and echinocystic acids. The structures of these substances were established using chemical and physicochemical methods