ZEITSCHRIFT FUR NATURFORSCHUNG C-A JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCES, vol.57, pp.603-608, 2002 (SCI-Expanded)
A new nuatigenin-type steroidal saponin, multifidoside (2), was isolated from the aerial parts of Veronica fuhsii and V. multifida and its structure was identified as 3-O-{[alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2(glu))]-[beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->4(rha))-alpha-L-rhanmopyranosyl (1-->4(glu))]-beta-D-glucopyranosyl}nuatigenin 26-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside. Additionally, a known steroidal saponoside, aculeatiside A (1), from V. fuhsii a phenylethanoid glycoside, verpectoside A (3), and a flavon glycoside, isoscutellarein 7-O-(2"-O-6"-O-acetyl-beta-D-allopyranosyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside) (4) from V. multifida were isolated.