Studies on the Physicochemical Properties, Structure and Antitumor Activity of an Oligosaccharide Homologue SnS-2 from the Root of Scrophularia ningpoensis Hemsl.

Introduction Scrophularia ningpoensis Hemsl. is a well-known traditional Chinese herbal medicine that has been found to possess the abilities of 揷ooling the blood, nourishing the kidney, purging the schenic fire, clearing away heat and toxic material, profiting the throat?1 In the litera-ture, its components were also reported including alka-loid, flavone glycoside, sterol, amino acid, fatty acid, naphtha, carotene and trace elements.1 At present some other components, mainly small molecular…

Studies on the Physicochemical Properties, Structure and Antitumor Activity of an Oligosaccharide Homologue SnS-2 from the Root of Scrophularia ningpoensis Hemsl.

An oligosaccharide homologue named SnS-2 was isolated from the root of Scrophularia ningpoensis Hemsl. SnS-2 was purified by means of gel-permeation chromatography and ion-exchange chromatography. Its physico-chemical properties, including carbohydrate content and molecular weight were determined. The structure of SnS-2 was elucidated by chemical methods along with 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy, including two-dimensional DQCOSY and H-detected 1H, 13C HMQC experiments. These results show that SnS-2 possesses a backbone con-sisting of terminal a-Galp-(1, a-Galp-(16), a-Glcp-(16) and nonreducing end -Fruf-(2. The bioactive as-say showed that it could inhibit the growth of Lewis pulmonary carcinoma implanted in mice.