Triterpene saponins having antiinflammatory, mucolytic and antiedemic activity, process for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.

摘要

Saponins TRITERPENES of formula (I) wherein R1 is OH and R2 is HU CHAIN ​​OR ALTERNATIVELY TETRASACARIDA pentasaccharide, have antiinflammatory ACTIVITIES, mucolytic and anti-oedematous. SUCH saponins isolated from ROOTS AND BARK CROSSOPTERIX febrífuga, FOR EXAMPLE, precipitating, complexed with cholesterol or sitosterol, an alcohol extract of plant material and separating the precipitate by partitioning between a solvent nonpolar subtracts the complexing agent AND POLAR solvent in which are soluble saponins.