Abstract
A new tridesmosidic cycloartane type glycoside, cephalotoside A was isolated from the roots of
Astragalus cephalotes var.
brevicalyx in addition to the known glycosides cyclocanthosides A, D and E. The structure of the new compound was determined by spectral (IR,
1H- and
13C-NMR, and FABMS) and chemical (acetylation) methods and established as 3
β- (
β-
d-xylopyranosyl)oxy-16
β- (
β-
d-glucopyranosyl)oxy-24- (
β-
d-xylopyranosyl)oxy-cycloartane-6a,25-diol.