Abstract
A new triterpene glycoside, medicoside G has been isolated from the roots of the plantMedicago sativa L. (family Fabaceae), and its structure has been established as medicagenic acid 3,28-di-O-β-D-glucopyranoside.
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Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 451–458, July–August, 1984.
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Timbekova, A.É., Abubakirov, N.K. Triterpene glycosides of alfalfa. I. Medicoside G — A new bisdesmoside fromMedicago sativa . Chem Nat Compd 20, 427–433 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00574328
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