1972 Volume 92 Issue 2 Pages 155-157
1. Less polar glycosides such as oleandrin were observed when the fresh leaves of Nerium odorum were dried in an oven at the temperature above 80°, or by incubation of the homogenate of the fresh leaves. More polar glycosides were found in the fresh and air-dried leaves. 2. Oleandrin (0.13%), adynerin (0.035%), odorosid A (0.03%), 16-deacetylanhydrooleandrin (trace), and oleandrigenin (trace) were isolated, together with unknown cardenolides, Subst. III (0.03%) and V (trace), from the oven-dried leaves.