“…The methanolic extract (160 g) was subjected to normal-phase silica gel column chromatography The known compounds (7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18) were identified by comparison of their physical data ([a] D , IR, 1 H-NMR, 13 C-NMR, MS) with reported values 1,7,[19][20][21][22][23][24]26,27) or those of commercial samples. 25) Kankanoside A ( Enzymatic Hydrolysis of 1, 4, and 6 with b b-Glucosidase A solution of 1 (7.7 mg) in H 2 O (1.5 ml) was treated with b-glucosidase (5.0 mg, from almond, Oriental Yeast Co., Tokyo, Japan) and the solution was stirred at 37°C for 3 d. After EtOH was added to the reaction mixture, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the residue was purified by HPLC [MeOH-H 2 O (55 : 45, v/v)] to furnish kankagenin a (1a, 2.3 mg, 56%).…”