%0 Journal Article %T SAPONINS FROM CARINIANA RUBRA (LECYTHIDACEAE) %A LIMA %A EVANGELISTA %A TEIXEIRA DE SOUSA FILHO %A PAULO %A BASTIDA %A JAIME %A SCHMEDA-HIRSCHMANN %A GUILLERMO %J Bolet¨ªn de la Sociedad Chilena de Qu¨ªmica %D 2002 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0366-16442002000400015 %X three triterpenoidal saponins were isolated from the stem bark of cariniana rubra gardner & miers (lecythidaceae). the saponins reported are monodesmosides and a bidesmoside derivatives from the triterpene 2a ,3b ,23-trihydroxy-12-oleanen-28-oic acid (arjunolic acid). the proposed structures are 28-b -glucopyranosyl-23-o-acetyl arjunolic acid 1, 3-o-b -glucopyranosyl arjunolic acid 2 and 28-o-[ a -rhamnopyranosyl-(1£¿ 2)-b -glucopyranosyl] -23-o-acetyl arjunolic acid 3. the structures were elucidated mainly from its nmr spectral data. compounds 1 and 3 are described for the first time. %K cariniana rubra %K lecythidaceae %K arjunolic acid derivatives %K saponins. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0366-16442002000400015&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en