[Study on steroidal compounds from Dioscorea zingiberensis].
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OBJECTIVE
To study the chemical constituents of Dioscorea zingiberensis.
METHODS
Manifold chromatography methods were used to separate the chemical constituents, and the chemical stuctures were determined by spectral analyses.
RESULTS
6 compounds were isolated from Dioscorea zingiberensis and identified as deltonin, protodeltonin, zingiberensis newsaponin, dioscin, 3-O-[beta-D-glucopyranosyl(1 --> 4)]-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-diosgenin, diosgenin.
CONCLUSIONS
Deltonin and protodeltonin were isolated from this plant for the first time.