Abstract
3-Furanmethanol β-D-glucopyranoside (1) and (+)-catechin 7-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (3) were isolated from azuki beans, the seeds of Vigna angularis (WILLD.) OHWI et OHASHI (Leguminosae) and their structures were substantiated. The saponin mixture designated as total azukisaponin was also isolated from azuki beans. By means of enzymatic hydrolysis, acidic hydrolysis, and photochemical degradation, four genuine sapogenols, which included three known sapogenols, sophoradiol (7), soyasapogenol B (8), gypsogenic acid (9), and a new sapogenol named azukisapogenol (10), were isolated from total azukisaponin and the structure of 10 was elucidated. As one of the artifact sapogenols which were liberated by acidic hydrolysis of total azukisaponin, a new sapogenol named anhydrosophoradiol (5) was isolated and its structure was elucidated.
