STEROIDAL SAPOGENINS FROM Allium rotundum

摘要

Allium rotundum L. (Alliaceae) is widely distributed in Georgia, is readily cultivated, and can provide an industrial base for preparing steroidal sapogenins, starting material for the synthesis of hormonal preparations. We previously isolated and characterized from flowers of A. rotundum the sapogenins diosgenin, β-chlorogenin, yuccagenin, and agigenin [1]. The goal of the present communication was to study the genin composition of the upper 10-15 cm of the flower spikes. Plant material was collected near the town of Kojori.