%0 Journal Article %T Triterpenoid saponins from stem bark of Pentaclethra macroloba %A Viana %A Francisco Arnaldo %A Braz-Filho %A Raimundo %A Pouliquen %A Yvone B. M. %A Andrade Net %A Manoel %A Santiago %A Gilvandete M. P. %A Rodrigues-Filho %A Edson %J Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society %D 2004 %I Sociedade Brasileira de Qu¨ªmica, SBQ %R 10.1590/S0103-50532004000400024 %X two new and two known triterpenoid saponins were isolated from the stem bark of pentaclethra macroloba. their structures were determined using a combination of homo- (1d 1h nmr, 13c nmr-hbbd and 13c nmr-dept) and heteronuclear 2d nmr techniques (1h-1h-cosy, 1h-1h-tocsy, 1h-1h-noesy, hmqc and hmbc), esims and chemical methods. the structures of the two new pentacyclic triterpenoid saponins were established as 3b-o-{[b-d-glucopyranosyl-(1£¿3)-a-l-rhamnopyranosyl-(1£¿2)],b-d- glucopyranosyl-(1£¿4)}-a-l-arabinopyranosylhederagenin (3) and 3b-o-{[b-d-glucopyranosyl-(1£¿4)-b-d-glucopyranosyl-(1£¿3)-a-l-rhamnopyranosyl- (1£¿2)],b-d- glucopyranosyl(1£¿4)}-a-l-arabinopyranosyloleanolic acid (4). %K pentaclethra macroloba %K mimosoideae %K pentacyclic triterpenoid saponins. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-50532004000400024&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en