pennogenin

English

Noun

pennogenin (uncountable)

1. A particular spirostanol glycoside
   • 2015 August 22, “Pennogenyl Saponins from Paris quadrifolia L. Induce Extrinsic and Intrinsic Pathway of Apoptosis in Human Cervical Cancer HeLa Cells”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The structure of compound PS 1 was determined as pennogenin 3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→4)-[α-L-rhamnopy​ranosyl-(1→2)]-β-D-glucopyranoside and compound PS 2 as pennogenin 3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→4)-α-L-rhamnopyr​anosyl-(1→4)[α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)]-​β-D-glucopyranoside.