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A new compound from the leaves of Panax ginseng.

Wu LJ, Wang LB, Gao HY, Wu B, Song XM, Tang ZS

School of Traditional Chinese Madica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China.

Two compounds were isolated from the leaves of Panax ginseng. Their structures were identified as 3beta,6alpha,12beta-triol-22,23,24,25,26,27-hexanordammaran-20-one, and dammar-20(22),24-diene-3beta,6alpha,12beta-triol by spectral and chemical methods. The complete signal assignments of the two compounds were carried out by means of 2D NMR spectral analysis.

Published 30 October 2007 in Fitoterapia, 78(7): 556-60.
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