The Chemical Studies on Oriental Plant Drugs. XV. On the Constituents of Bupleurum Spp. (2). The Structure of Saikogenin A, a Sapogenin of Bupleurum falcatum L.

Abstract

A sapogenin, for which the name saikogenin A is proposed, has been obtained from saponins of Bupleurum falcatum L (Mishimasaiko). The present study has given the structural formula (I) for saikogenin A.