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The bulbs ofAllium karataviense (family Alliaceae) have been found to contain alliogenin, alliogenin β-D-glucopyranoside, diosgenin, yuccagenin, and a new steroid sapogenin — karatavigenin.
The structure of karatavigenin has been established as alliogenin 3-O-benzoate.
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Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 747–749, November–December, 1973.
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Gorovits, M.B., Khristulas, F.S. & Abubakirov, N.K. Steroid saponins and sapogenins of Allium IV. Karatavigenin — A new sapogenin from Allium karataviense. Chem Nat Compd 9, 715–717 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00565793
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