从豆科植物胡芦巴Trigonellafoenum－graecumL.种子的乙醇提取物中分得7个三萜类化合物（包括3个三萜皂苷和4个三萜），通过测定理化常数、光谱数据等，鉴定了其中6个化合物的结构，分别为羽扇豆醇、31-去甲环阿尔廷醇、白桦醇、白桦酸、大豆皂苷Ⅰ和大豆皂苷Ⅰ甲酯。各化合物均为首次从胡芦巴中分得，亦为胡芦巴属植物中首次报道。

Seven triterpenoids were isolated for the first time from the ethanol extract of seed of Trigonella foenum-graecum L., six of them were identified as lupeol, 31-norcycloartanol, betullin, betulinic acid, soyasaponin I, and soyasaponin I methyl ester by physico-chemical properties and spectral analysis.

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