1996 Volume 44 Issue 11 Pages 2183-2185
Two new triterpenoidal saponins, congmuyenosides A and B, were isolated from the leaves of Aralia elata collected in Heilongjiang Province, China, and established as 3-O-[β-D-glucopyranosyl(1→2)][β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→3)]-β-D-glucopyranosyl hederagenin and 3-O-[β-D-glucopyranosyl(1→2)][β-D-glucopyranosyl(1→3)-β-D-glucopyranosyl(1→3)]-β-D-glucopyranosyl hederagenin, respectively, on the basis of chemical and spectral evidence.