Saponins of Japanese Dioscoreaceae. II

Partition Chromatography Of Steroids

“…Water-saturated 2-ethylhexanol has been used for separating 11-dehydro-17-hydroxycorticosterone from 11-deoxycorticosterone (74). 1-Butanol-benzene/water, 1-butanol-chloroform/water, and isoamyl alcoholchloroform /water systems have been employed in the separation of saponins (428) alkaloids, but found this solvent unsuitable for use on cellulose columns (10).…”

“…, Narthecium(398), and Japanese Dioscoreaceae(426,428,429,427). Steroidal alkaloids identified by partition chromatography included those from…”