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Elsevier, Fitoterapia, (89), p. 143-148

DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2013.04.010

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Pregnane alkaloids from Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna

Journal article published in 2013 by Pu-Zhao Zhang, Fei Wang ORCID, Li-Juan Yang, Guo-Lin Zhang
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Abstract

Fourteen pregnane-type steroidal alkaloids were isolated from the ethanolic extracts of whole Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna plants. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectral data. Three of them were identified as new steroidal alkaloids: (20S)-20-(N,N-dimethylamino)-16α,17α-epoxy-3β-methoxy-pregn-5-ene (1), (20S)-20-(N,N-dimethylamino)-3β-tigloylamino-5α-pregn-11β-ol (2), and (20S)-2α,4β-bis(acetoxy)-20-(N,N-dimethylamino)-3β-tigloylamino-5α-pregnane (3). Some of the isolated compounds showed estrogen biosynthesis-promoting effects in human ovarian granulosa-like KGN cells. The EC50 values for the most effective compounds, vagnine B (6) and (20S)-20-(N, N-dimethylamino)-5α-pregnane (12), were 71 μM and 67 μM, respectively.