hederagenin glycoside/kalopanax

Monodesmosides which were obtained from the partial degradation of hederagenin bisdesmosides exhibited significant antifungal effect against Microsporum canis, Coccidioides immitis, Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Cryptococcus neoformans, and Candida albicans at the minimal inhibitory concentrations of

For the elucidation of the antimutagenic and cytotoxic principles from the stem bark of Kalopanax pictus, seven isolated components of this crude drug were tested in the Ames test and the MTT test. Hederagenin and its monodesmosides, kalopanaxsaponin A and I in addition to its bisdesmosides,