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SUBMITTER: Liu Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6017139 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20180306 3
Four new spirostanol saponins, named pavitnosides A-D (<b>1</b>-<b>4</b>), with six known steroidal saponins <b>5</b>-<b>10</b> were isolated from the rhizomes of <i>Paris vietnamensis</i>. Their chemical structures were determined based on extensive spectroscopic studies and chemical methods. The aglycones of pavitnoside B and pavitnoside C were not reported in previous work. The cytotoxicity of all saponins was evaluated against human glioblastoma U87MG and U251 cell lines. The new spirostanol ...[more]