Four novel cycloartane-type triterpene glycosides, macrophyllosaponins A-D (1-4) were isolated from the roots of Astragalus oleifolius. By means of chemical (acetylation, alkaline hydrolysis) and spectroscopic methods (IR, 1D- and 2D-NMR, FABMS), their structures were established as 3-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-24-O-(4"-O-acetyl)-beta-D-xylopyranosyl-1 alpha,3 beta,7 beta,24(S), 25-pentahydroxycycloartane (1), 3-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-24-O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl-1 alpha,3 beta, 7 beta,24(S), 25-pentahydroxycycloartane (2), 3-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-25-O-beta-D-glucoyranosyl-1 alpha, 3 beta,7 beta,24(S),25-pentahydroxycycloartane (3), and 3-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-24-O-(2-O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl) -beta-D-xylopyranosyl-1 alpha,3 beta,7 beta,24(S), 25-pentahydroxycycloartane (4).
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