Theasapogenol B (= barringtogenol C), the second major triterpenic alcohol from the seeds saponin of thea sinensis L.

✍ Scribed by Itiro Yosioka; Tadashi Nishimura; Akiko Matsuda; Isao Kitagawa

• Book ID: 104236296
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1966
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 340 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(01)84155-1

✦ Synopsis

In 1954, Y. Ueda reported 1) the isolation and ease chemical studies on thea-sapogenol, a triterpenic sapogenin originated from the seeds saponin of Thea sinensis L. (Japanese nsme Vha"). However, no work thereafter has been presented on the structural study of the sapogenol.

With the generous agreesent of Dr. Ueda, the chemical and some biological studies on thea-saponin have been performed in this laboratory. It has been found that the sapogenol**