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A new steroid saponin from the leaves ofYucca aloifolia

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A new steroid saponin has been isolated from the air-dry leaves ofYucca aloifolia L., and it has been shown to be (25R)-5β-spirostan-3β-ol O-D-glucopyranosyl-(1 → 2)-D-galactopyranoside. The substance melts at 302–303°C [α]D20 −27.2, (c 1.0; CHCl3).

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  1. M. M. Benidze
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  2. O. D. Dzhikiya
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  3. M. M. Vugal'ter
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I. G. Kutateladze Institute of Pharmacochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR, Tbilisi. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnikh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 744–747, November–December, 1984.

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Benidze, M.M., Dzhikiya, O.D., Vugal'ter, M.M. et al. A new steroid saponin from the leaves ofYucca aloifolia . Chem Nat Compd 20, 703–705 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00580028

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