“…Purified sapogenin is an amorphous powder with a purity of 91.62% by HP 1100 HPLC (Agilent, Santa Clara, CA, U.S.A.) in the following operating conditions: column, Hypersil ODS (250 × 4.6 mm, 5 μm); flow phase, methanol/water (80:20); injection volume, 10 μL; flow rate, 1 mL/min; temperature, 25 °C; and wavelength, 218 nm. IR spectra and 1 H and 13 C NMR data showed that it had a sapogenin structure with formula C 30 H 48 O 5 , which is consistent with our former literature. 9 A total of 19 derivatives of sapogenin were synthesized with different substituent groups in the C 28 position, and their yields are listed in Table 1.…”