A new minor saponin from the leaves of Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer
Zhang, S.L.; Chen, Y.J.; Cui, C.B.; He, G.X.; Xu, S.X.; Pei, Y.P.; Yao, X.S.; Zhu, T.R.
Yao Xue Xue Bao 24(11): 877-879
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0513-4870 PMID: 2618687 Document Number: 330798
Two minor compounds isolated from the leaves of Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer were characterized as 20(R)-protopanaxadiol(I) and 3.beta.,6.alpha.,12.beta.-trihydroxydammar-20 (22),24-diene-6-O-.alpha.-L-rhamnosyl-(1 .fwdarw. 2)-.beta.-D-glucopyranoside (II) on the basis of spectral analysis and chemical evidences. I was isolated for the first time from the leaves; II was shown to be a new saponin and was named as ginsenoside-Rg4.