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Abstract
Steroidal saponins were the main active constituents of the traditional medicinal herb Asparagus cochinchinensis. A phytochemical investigation of A. cochinchinensis roots led to the isolation of nine new steroidal glycosides (1–9) and seven known analogues (10–16). Their structures were established by spectroscopic analyses as well as necessary chemical evidence.
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Supporting information
MS and the NMR spectra of the isolated compounds are available as supporting information.
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Funding
We acknowledge financial support from the Important Drug Development Fund, Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2017ZX09301072). Thanks to Prof. Lifeng Han in Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine for the measurements of the Optical rotations.