Chinese Herbal Medicines (CHM)  2014, Vol. 6 Issue (2): 159-163
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Saponins from Roots of Panax notoginseng
Li-feng Han1, Kaunda Joseph Sakah2, Li-li Liu2, Agyemang Kojo2, Tao Wang1,2, Yi Zhang1,2    
1. Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China
2. Tianjin State Key Laboratory of ModernChinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China
Abstract: Objective To study the chemical constituents in the dried roots of Panax notoginseng. MethodsThe constituents were isolated and purified with chromatographic methods. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods (1D, 2D NMR, UV, IR, [α]D, and HRESI-TOF-MS) and chemical analyses. Results Twenty saponins including 20(S)-ginsenoside Rh1(1), 6-O-β-D-(6′-acetyl)-glucopyranosyl-24-ene-dammar-3β, 6α,12β,20S-tetraol (2), ginseno- side Rf (3), notoginsenoside R2(4), ginsenoside Rg2(5), ginsenoside Rg1(6), notoginsenoside Rt (7), koryoginsenoside R1(8), 6-O-(β-Dglucopyranosyl)-20-O-(β-D-xylopyranosyl)-3β,6α,12β,20(S)-tetrahydroxy-dammar- 24-ene (9), pseudoginsenoside Rt3(10), notoginsenoside R1(11), ginsenoside Re (12), notoginsenoside N (13), ginsenoside F1(14), ginsenoside U (15), ginsenoside Rk3 (16), 3β,12β-dihydroxydammar-(E)-20(22),24-diene-6-O-β-D-xylopyranosyl-(1→2)-β-D- glucopyranoside (17), ginsenoside Rh4(18), pseudoginsenoside Rt5(19), and vinaginsenoside R22(20) were obtained. Conclusion Compounds 2, 19, and 20are isolated from this species for the first time. The 1H-NMR data of compound 19and 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR data of compound 20are first reported. Meanwhile, the NMR data of β-D-xylopyranosyl group in compound 9is corrected.
Key words: Araliaceae     Panax notoginseng     pseudoginsenoside Rt5     saponins     vinaginsenoside R22    

1. Introdution

Panax notoginseng(Burk.)F. H. Chen(Araliaceae)is a Chinese medicinal herb,distributed throughout the southwest of China,Burma, and Nepal. It was first used by national minorities in southwest China and widely accepted during the Ming Dynasty. It has been reported to have antihypertensive,antithrombotic,anti-atherosclerotic, and neuroprotective activities(Ng,2006; Liu et al,2011). The dried roots of P. notoginseng are used for promoting blood circulation. There are various chemical constituents in the dried roots of P. notoginseng,including ginsenosides,notoginsenosides,flavonoids,volatile oils,amino acids, and polysaccharide(Gao and Zhe, 2010; Cao et al,2013). In our studies on the constituents from this plant by using chromatographies such as silica gel,ODS, and HPLC,20 known saponins were identified by the chemical and physical methods,especially spectral analyse. Among them,compounds 219, and 20 were isolated from this species for the first time, and the NMR data of compound 20 were first reported. In this paper,the NMR data of all the compounds were determined by 1D and 2D NMR spectra including 1H-1H COSY,HSQC,HMBC, and HSQC-TOCSY,which would make up the lack of accuracy of data assignment elucidated only by 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR experiments. On the other h and ,the data of the chemical constituents in the roots of P. notoginseng were supplemented,which could provide the basic data for the development and utilization of P. notoginseng.

2. Materials and methods 2.1 General

Optical rotations were measured on a Rudolph Autopol® IV Automatic Polarimeter(l = 50 mm),IR data were recorded on a Varian 640-IR FT-IR Spectrophotometer. 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR spectra were determined on a Bruker 500 MHz NMR Spectrometer(Avance III 500MR)at 500 MHz for 1H-NMR and 125 MHz for 13C-NMR with tetramethylsilane(TMS)as internal st and ard. Positive-ion HRESI-TOF-MS was recorded on an Agilent Technologies 6520 Accurate- Mass Q-Tof LC/MS Spectrometer.

A highly-porous synthetic resin(D101)was purchased from Haiguang Chemical Co.,Ltd.(Tianjin,China). Silica gel column chromatography(CC)was obtained from Qingdao Haiyang Chemical Co.,Ltd.,(48−75 mm,Qingdao,China). HPLC was performed on ODS(Cosmosil 5C18−MS−II,Tokyo,Japan; F = 20 mm,L = 250 mm,flow rate: 9.0 mL/min), and the eluate was monitored with a UV Detector(Shimadzu RID−10A UV-Vis,Japan). Pre-coated TLC plates with silica gel GF254(Tianjin Silida Technology Co.,Ltd.,China)were used to detect the purity of the isolate achieved by spraying with 10% aqueous H2SO4-EtOH,followed by heating.

2.2 Plant materials

The dried rootsof Panax notoginseng(Burk),F. H. Chen were collected from Wenshan,Yunnanprovince,China and identified by Dr. Tian-xiang Li. The voucher specimen(No. 20120505)was deposited at Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

2.3 Extraction and isolation

The dried roots of P.notoginseng(5.0 kg)were refluxed with 70% ethanol-water twice. Evaporation of the solvent under reduced pressure provided a 70% ethanol-water extract(480.2 g). The residue was dissolved in H2O and subjected to D101 CC [EtOH-H2O(0:100®50:50®100:0)to afford EtOH eluent. The EtOH eluent(120.0 g)was subjected to silica gel CC [CHCl3→CHCl3-MeOH(100:3→100:7)→CHCl3-MeOH- H2O(10:3:1→7:3:1→6:4:1,lower layer)] to give 12 fractions(Frs. 1—12). Fr. 7(8.0 g)was subjected to silica gel CC and PHPLC to yield 20(S)-ginsenoside Rh1(1,54.9 mg),6-O-b- D-(6′-acetyl)-glucopyranosyl-24-en-dammar-3b,6a,12b,20S- tetraol(2,36.9 mg),ginsenosides F1(14,75.5 mg),Rk3(16,50.2 mg),Rh4(18,438.6 mg), and pseudoginsenoside Rt5(19,4.4 mg). Fr. 8(4.0 g)was separated by ODS CC and PHPLC CC,repeatedly. And notoginsenoside R2(4,225.3 mg),notoginsenoside Rt(7,40.3 mg),koryoginsenoside R1(8,4.4 mg),6-O-(b-D-glucopyranosyl)-20-O-(b-D-xylopyranosyl)-3b,6α,12b,20(S)-tetrahydroxydammar-24-ene(9,20.0 mg),pseudoginsenoside Rt3(10,7.6 mg), and 3b,12b-dihydroxy- dammar-(E)-20(22),24-diene-6-O-b-D-xylopyranosyl-(1→2)-b-D-glucopyranoside(17, 38.9 mg)were produced. Fr. 9(16.0 g)was subjected to ODS CC and further purified by PHPLC to give notoginsenoside R2(4,452.6 mg),ginsenoside Rg2(5,426.1 mg). ginsenoside Rg1(6,12.56 g), and 6-O-(b-D-glucopyranosyl)-20-O-(b-D-xylopyranosyl)-3b,6α,12b,20(S)-tetrahydroxydammar-24-ene(9,19.0 mg). Fr. 10(3.6 g)was subjected to ODS CC,silica gel CC, and PHPLC to give ginsenosides Rf(3, 10.7 mg),Rg1(6,22.0 mg),Re(12,108.1 mg),U(15,30.7 mg),notoginsenosides R1(11,992.2 mg) and N(13,23.8 mg),3b,6a-20(S)-6,20- bis(b-D-glucopyranosyloxy)-3-hydroxy dammar-24-en-12-one(10,9.3 mg), and vinaginsenoside R22(20,23.9 mg).

3. Results and discussion

Compound 2: white powder. Positive-ion HRESI-TOF- MS m/z 703.4409 [M + Na]+(calcd for C38H64O10Na 703.4392). 1H-NMR(C5D5N,500 MHz)d: 0.95(3H,s,H3-30),1.06(3H,s,H3-19),1.25(3H,s,H3-18),1.42(3H,s,H3-21),1.55(3H,s,H3-29),1.64(3H,s,H3-27),1.66(3H,s,H3-26),2.07(3H,s,H3-28),3.51(1H,dd,J = 4.5,11.5 Hz,H-3),3.93(1H,m,H-12),4.40(1H,ddd,J = 3.0,10.5,10.5 Hz,H-6),5.03(1H,d,J = 8.0 Hz,H-1′),5.32(1H,t,J = 7.0 Hz,H-24). Compound 2 was identified as 6-O-b-D-(6′-acetyl)- glucopyranosyl-24-ene-dammar-3b,6a,12b,20S-tetraol bycomparison of the physical,1H-NMR and 13C-NMR data(Table 1)with the reported data(Jia and Wang, 2009).

Table 1 13C-NMR(125 MHz)data of compounds 1—11

Compound 9: white powder. Positive-ion HRESI-TOF- MS m/z 793.4734 [M + Na]+(calcd for C41H70O13Na 793.4709). 1H-NMR(C5D5N,500 MHz)d: 0.81(3H,s,H3-30),1.03(3H,s,H3-19),1.17(3H,s,H3-18),1.52(3H,s,H3-26),1.60(3H,s,H3-21),1.63(3H,s,H3-29),1.64(3H,s,H3-27),2.06(3H,s,H3-28),3.51(1H,dd,J = 5.0,11.5 Hz,H-3),4.12(1H,m,H-12),4.42(1H,ddd,J = 2.5,10.5,10.5,H-6),5.01(1H,d,J = 8.0 Hz,H-1′),5.03(1H,d,J = 8.0 Hz,H-1″),5.29(1H,t,J = 7.0 Hz,H-24). Compound 9 was identified as 6-O-(b-D-glucopyranosyl)-20-O-(b-D-xylopyranosyl)-3b,6α,12b,20(S)-tetrahydroxydammar-24-ene(Liu et al,2011),but the 13C-NMR data(Table 1)of b-D-xylopyranosyl in the compound should be corrected.

Compound 19: white powder. Positive-ion HRESI-TOF- MS m/z 677.4238 [M + Na]+(calcd for C36H62O10Na 677.4235). 1H-NMR(C5D5N,500 MHz)d: 0.77(3H,s,H3-30),1.02(3H,s,H3-19),1.20(3H,s,H3-18),1.25(6H,s,H3-26 and 27),1.46(3H,s,H3-21),1.60(3H,s,H3-29),2.07(3H,s,H3-28),3.52(1H,dd,J = 4.0,11.5 Hz,H-3),3.70(1H,ddd,J = 5.0,10.5,10.5 Hz,H-12),4.45(1H,ddd,J = 3.0,10.5,10.5 Hz,H-6),5.03(1H,d,J = 8.0 Hz,H-1′),4.10(1H,t,J = 7.5 Hz,H-24); 1H-NMR(CD3OD,500 MHz)d: 0.98(3H,s,H3-30),0.96(3H,s,H3-19),0.99(3H,s,H3-29),1.10(3H,s,H3-18),1.27(3H s,H3-21),1.22(3H,s,H3-26),1.13(3H,s,H3-27),1.32(3H,s,H3-28),3.11(1H,dd,J = 5.0,12.0 Hz,H-3),3.48(1H,ddd,J = 5.0,11.0,11.0 Hz,H-12),3.89(1H,t,J = 7.5 Hz,H-24),4.10(1H,ddd,J = 3.0,10.5,10.5 Hz,H-6),4.34(1H,d,J = 8.0 Hz,H-1′). Compound 19 was identified as pseudoginsenoside Rt5 by comparison of the physical, and 13C-NMR data(Table 2)with the reported data(Tanaka et al,1985), and the 1H-NMR data reported here were determined by 1D and 2D NMR spectra.

Table 2 13C-NMR(125 MHz)data of compounds 12—20

Compound 20: white powder. Positive-ion HRESI-TOF- MS(m/z 857.4850 [M + Na]+,calcd for C42H74O16Na 857.4869). The 1H-NMR(C5D5N,500 MHz)spectrum of compound 20 showed the signals assignable to eight methyls [d 0.73,1.02,1.10,1.55,1.56,1.57,1.60,2.06(3H each,all s,H3-30,19,18,27,26,21,29,28),four methines bearing oxygen function [d 3.51(1H,dd,J =5.0,11.0 Hz,H-3),3.74(1H,dd,J = 3.0,8.0 Hz,H-24),3.92(1H,m,H-12),4.40(1H,ddd,J = 3.0,10.5,10.5 Hz,H-6)],together with two anomeric proton signals shown at d 5.00(1H,d,J = 8.0 Hz,H-1′),5.22(1H,d,J = 7.5 Hz,H-1″). The 13C-NMR spectrum displayed 42 carbons including 30 carbons for the aglycon,12 carbons for two b-D-glucopyranosyl moieties. 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR spectra suggested that compound 20 was a dammarane-type triterpene saponin derivative. The chemical shift of d 61.4(C-5)indicated that compound 20 was a protopanaxatriol type saponin [d 56 and 61(C-5)for protopanaxadiol and protopanaxatriol type saponin,respectively]. The 1H-1H COSY experiment on compound 20 indicated the presence of partial structure written in bold lines. And in HMBC experiment,long-range correlations were observed between the following protons and carbons: H3-18 and C-7-9,14; H3-19 and C-1,5,9,10; H3-21 and C-17,20,22; H3-26 and C-24,25,27; H3-27 and C-24-26; H3-28 and C-3-5,29; H3-29 and C-3-5,28; H3-30 and C-8,13-15; H-1′ and C-6; H-1″ and C-20. The stereochemistry of C-20 in compound 20 was clarified to be S by comparing the chemical shifts of 20–22-carbons of it with those of compounds 1215. The absolute configuration of C-24(d 79.8)was identified as 24R on comparison with the chemical shift values of cyclounifolioside C(24R,C-24: d 80.3) and cyclocantogenin(24S,C-24: d 77.0)(Zhao et al,2008). On the basis of the above mentioned evidence,compound 20 was elucidated to be vinaginsenoside R22(Duc et al,1999),which was reported to presence in vietnamese ginseng by Duc et al,but there was no NMR data were given. In this paper,the NMR data were reported for the first time. The 1H-NMR(C5D5N,500 MHz)d: 0.73(3H,s,H3-30),1.02(3H,s,H3-19),1.10(3H,s,H3-18),1.55(3H,s,H3-27),1.56(3H,s,H3-26),1.57(3H,s,H3-21),1.60(3H,s,H3-29),2.06(3H,s,H3-28),3.51(1H,dd,J = 5.0,11.0 Hz,H-3),3.74(1H,dd,J = 3.0,8.0 Hz,H-24),3.92(1H,m,H-12),4.40(1H,ddd,J = 3.0,10.5,10.5 Hz,H-6),5.00(1H,d,J = 8.0 Hz,H-1′),5.22(1H,d,J = 7.5 Hz,H-1″).

The structures of 20(S)-ginsenoside Rh1(1)(Li et al,2010),ginsenoside Rf(3)(Sun et al,2009),notoginsenoside R2(4)(Dou et al,2003),ginsenoside Rg2(5)(Sun et al,2009),ginsenoside Rg1(6)(Teng et al,2002),notoginsenoside Rt(7)(Li et al,2007),koryoginsenoside R1(8)(Kim et al,1995),pseudoginsenoside Rt3(10)(Liu et al,2011),notoginsenoside R1(11)(Zeng et al,2007),ginsenoside Re(12)(Zeng et al,2007),notoginsenoside N(13)(Yoshikawa et al,2001),ginsenoside F1(14)(Guo,Fi, and Dou,2006),ginsenoside U(15)(Sun et al,2005),ginsenoside Rk3(16)(Park et al,2002),3b,12b-dihydroxydammar-(E)-20(22),24-diene-6-O-b-D-xylopyranosyl-(1→2)-b-D-glucopyranoside(17)(Chen et al,2007), and ginsenoside Rh4(18)(Zeng et al,2007)were identified by comparison of the physical,1H-NMR, and 13C-NMR data(Tables 1 and 2)with the reported data,respectively.

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