Abstract
Chemical investigation on the aqueous fraction of the stems of Epigynum cochinchinensis led to the isolation of a new pregnane glycoside named as epigycoside A (1) along with three known analogues (2–4). The structure of compound 1 was elucidated by means of spectroscopic techniques, including HRESIMS, and 1D and 2D NMR experiments. The immunosuppressive activity of 1 was evaluated by an in vitro model of concanavalin A-induced mice splenocytes proliferation. Compound 1 showed significant inhibitory activity in a dose-dependent manner, closer to the efficacy of positive control, dexamethasone, at a concentration of 50 μM.
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