Chemical structure of astragaloside IV
Astragalosides are a series of related chemical compounds isolated from ''
Astragalus membranaceus
''Astragalus mongholicus'', synonyms including ''Astragalus propinquus'' and ''Astragalus membranaceus'', commonly known as Mongolian milkvetch in English; 'Хунчир' in Mongolian; ''huángqí'' (), ''běiqí'' () or ''huánghuā huángqí'' ...
''.
Also known as astrasieversianin, AS-IV, astraversianin XIV, or cyclosiversioside F, it is a white powder with a melting point of 284 °C–285 °C (Wang et al., 1987). Its molecular formula is C
41H
68O
14, and its theoretically accurate molecular weight is 784.4609.
References
Triterpene glycosides
Saponins
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