Universidad de las Americas, Escuela de Medicina Udlapark, UDLA-Quito, Ecuador
Research Article
Triterpenic Glycosydic Component Isolated from the Holoturian Holothuria Floridana Inhabiting the Cuban Archipelago
Author(s): Maria Teresa Cabrera-Pedroso, Juan Enrique Tacoronte-Morales and Martha Maria Fors*
Background: A triterpene glycoside fraction was isolated from methanolic extract of Holothuria floridana inhabiting in
shallow waters of the south-western marine insular platform of Cuba archipelago.
Methods: The fraction was separated chromatographically on Amberlite and was isolated a triterpene glycoside. Its
structure has been deduced, in a preliminary study, from spectral analysis (NMR, FTIR) and chemical evidence
(chromogenic reactions).
Results and conclusions: The compound is an open-chain, holost-Δ 9,11-en-12 α,17 α, 22 ξ triol tetraoside,
belonging to the group A of the holoturins, which possesses 3 β-D-glucose, D-xylose, D-quinovose and 3-O-methyl-Dglucose
as monosaccharide fragments. .. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2329-6836.20.8.368
