• Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.375-378
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• 2002

The seasonal variation of two triterpene glycosides, madecassoside and asisaticoside, in the aerial parts of Centella asiatica from May through October was investigated. In leaves, the highest level of triterpene glycosides content was about 108.1 mg/g in September. In petiols, the content was as low as 19.02 mg/g. According to the experimental results obtained, we found that Centella asiatica leaf can accumulate the triterpene glycosides and September is the optimal season for the collection.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.28 no.8
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• pp.917-922
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• 2018

Centella asiatica is one of the local herbs that is claimed to possess various physiological effects. C. asiatica also accumulates large amounts of pentacyclic triterpenoid saponins known as centelloids. These terpenoids usually include asiatic acid, asiaticoside, madecassoside, and madecassic acids. In the present study, to understand the changes of triterpene glycoside levels in the different shoot tissues of C. asiatica during seasonal cultivation, we investigated the High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) analysis via different extraction methods, such as water, 20% ethanol and methanol extracts. Significant increases were observed in the levels of madecassoside and asiaticoside in the leaf extracts by methanol compare with extracts using water or 20% ethanol. Additionally, we also analyzed the various antioxidant activity in the different shoot tissues of C. asiatica using different extracts, such as leaves, petioles and both materials. Among these petiole extracts showed high 2,2-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) diammonium salt (ABTs) scavenging activity in all extracts, whereas 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity exhibited high activity levels in the leaf part using methanol and ethanol extracts. Levels of total phenolics and flavonoid also showed the highest levels in the leaf tissues using all extracts such as methanol, ethanol and water. Our results indicated that the increased levels of triterpene glycoside and antioxidant activity in the leaf parts of the C. asiatica were indicating that useful metabolites were mainly maintained through seasonal cultivation such as madecassoside, asiaticoside.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.188-190
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• 1987

A triterpene glycoside was first isolated from berries of Rubus coreanus Miquel in the family of Rosaceae, which have been used as a tonic in chinese drug. The compound was identified as $28-{\beta}-D-glycopyranosyl$ ester of $2{\alpha},3{\beta},19{\alpha},23-tetrahydroxyurs-12-en-28-oic$ acid by IR, MS, $^{1}H-NMR$, $^{13}C-NMR$ spectra.

• Mycobiology
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• v.40 no.1
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• pp.76-78
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• 2012

In an effort to identify the chemical constituents of fruiting bodies of $Fomitopsis$ $nigra$, a new lanostane triterpene glycoside, designated as fomitoside K, has been isolated from its methanolic extract. Its chemical structure was assigned on the basis of various spectroscopic studies.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.429-431
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• 1996

A new cycloartane glycoside (1) was isolated from the aerial part of Thalictrum uchiyamai Nakai (Ranunculaceae). On the basis of chemical and physicochemical evidence, the aglycone structure of this compound was characterized as 116, 25-dihydroxy-3, 24-diacetoxy-9, 19-cycloartane-29-oic acid, a new derivative of cycloartane triterpene. Also the oli-gosaccharide moiety of this glycoside were determined as 29-O-${alpha}$-L-rhanmnopyranosyl- ($1rightarrow2$)-[${beta}$-D-xylofuranosyl-($1rightarrow6$)-${beta}$-D-glucopyranose by application of HMBC technoque. Consequently, the structure of compound 1 was elucidated as 29-O-${alpha}$-L-rhanmnopyranosy-($1rightarrow2$)-[${beta}$-D-xylofuranosyl-($1rightarrow6$)-${beta}$-D-glucopyranosyl-16, 25-dihydroxy-3, 24-diacetoxy-9, 19-cycloartane-29-oic acid ester.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.831-836
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• 2002

A new and two known lupane-triterpene glycosides were isolated from the hot MeOH fraction of the leaves of Acanthopanax gracilistylus W. W. Smith. Based on the physical properties and spectroscopic data, their chemical structures were determined as acankoreoside A (1), acankoreoside D (2), and $3{\alpha}-hydroxy-lup-23-al-20(29)-en-28-oic$ acid $28-O-{\alpha}-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1{\rightarrow}4)-{$beta}-D-glucopyranosyl-(1{\rightarrow}6)-{\beta}-D-glucopyranosyl$ ester (3), respectively. To our best knowledge, compand 3 appears to be novel, which was named as wujiapioside A.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.629-632
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• 1999

This report contains the first characterization of acanthodiolglycoside which belongs to pentacyclic lupane triterpene glycoside

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.27-32
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• 1978

A procedure of $^3H$-radio labeling synthesis for the dammarane triterpene glycosides of Korean ginseng was established by using the ginsenoside $Rg_1$ as starting material. The protons in $C-{11}$ and $C_{13}$ of the aglycone moiety of the glycoside were exchanged with tritium by keto-enol tautomerization of 12-keto-ginsenoside $Rg_1$ which was prepared by partial acetylation, Sarett oxidation and saponification, producing nona-acetate, nonaside $Rg_1$. The acety1-ketone and 12-keto-derivative of ginsenotritated ketone was reduced by metallic sodium and isoproponol to produce the end product $^3H$-ginsenoside $Rg_1$ with 3% radio-chemical recovery in one experiment.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.281-285
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• 2002

Whole plant cultures of Centella asiatica (L.) Urban in vitro were established and the effects of basal media, some macro elements and sucrose concentration on productivity of triterpene glycosides (madecassoside and asiaticoside: M$\varepsilon$A) were investigated. Among the media (MS, B5, RCM) tested, MS and 0.5 RCM medium were the best for plant growth and M$\varepsilon$A production, respectively. However, taking into account the M$\varepsilon$A productivity, B5 medium was superior (M$\varepsilon$A: 14.28 mg/g dry wt.). Major macronutrients of B5 medium adjusted with the concentration of 25 mM KNO$_3$,1 mM NaH$_2$PO$_4$, 1 mM CaCl$_2$ and 1~10 mM MgSO$_4$, caused elevated or optimized levels of M$\varepsilon$A. On sucrose concentration, the highest yields of M$\varepsilon$A were obtained from 6% sucrose.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.115-120
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• 1987

Methanol extract of Ilex pubescens roots prolonged bleeding time threefold, and inhibited the generation of malondialdehyde released during platelet aggregation inducted by thrombin. Through several purification procedures, its saponin, named ilexoside, was proved to be responsible for the antithrombotic activities of the plant. Ilexosides A, -D and -J and 24-carboxypomolic acid showed strong inhibitory activities on platelet aggregation induced by thrombin.