New flavonol tetraglycosides from Astragalus caprinus

Abstract

A new flavonol tetraglycoside, together with four acylated derivatives, were isolated from the leaves of Astragalus caprinus. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods, mainly 2D NMR, as kaempferol-3-O-{[β- D-xylopyranosyl(1→3)-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl(1→6)] [α-L-rhamnopyranosyl(1→2)]}-β-D-galactopyranoside (1), its 3Gal-p-coumaric (2) and 3Gal-ferulic (3) esters, and its 4Gal-p-coumaric (4) and 4Gal-ferulic (5) esters. © 2002 Pharmaceutical Society of Japan.