Isolation of a new triterpenoid saponin from the root of Anchusa Strigosa L., family Boraginaceae

ABSTRACT

It was isolated a new triterpenoidsaponin from the root of plant Anchusa Strigosa L. family Boraginaceae The plant Anchusa is widely spread in different places in Syria, and it is used in treatment of some diseases like oedema, and fever and pulmonary diseases. The isolation and purification procedures was performed using thin layer chromatography TLC and column chromatography CC and high performance liquid chromatography HPLC and by using the methods of nuclear magnetic resonance chromatography NMR it was determined the chemical structure of the aglycon as triterpenoid linked by glycoside bond with three sugar parts