“…Previously, three cucurbitane-type triterpenoids, charantagenins A, B, and C, were isolated from the alcohol extract of the dried fruit of Chinese M. charantia, which is commonly called "charantagenins". 10 The continued study on the triterpenoid constituents of the alcohol extract of M. charantia fruit now lead to the isolation of two new cucurbitane-type triterpenoids, named charantagenins D (1) and E (2) and one new sterol, 7-oxostigmasta-5,25-diene-3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (3) together with eight known compounds [charantoside VI (4) 23 kuguaglycoside C (5), 24 momordicoside K (6), 25 goyaglycoside d ( 7), 26 goyaglycoside b (8) 26 stigmasta-7,25(27)-dien-3β-ol (9), 27 charantadiol A (10), 28 and 3β,25-dihydroxy-5β,19epoxycucurbita-6(23E)-diene (11) 29 ] (Figure 1). Besides the isolation and structure elucidation of the new compounds, the cytotoxic effects of the compounds (1−3, 5−7, 9−11) against three cancer cell lines (A549, U87, and Hep3B) were also evaluated using the MTT assay in the present study.…”