Chantriolides A and B, two new withanolide glucosides from the rhizomes of Tacca chantrieri.

Two new withanolide glucosides, chantriolides A (1) and B (2), were isolated from the rhizomes of Tacca chantrieri. Their structures were determined on the basis of extensive spectroscopic studies and by acid hydrolysis as (22R)-1alpha,12alpha-diacetoxy-2alpha,3alpha;6alpha,7alpha-diepoxy-27-[(beta-d-glucopyranosyl)oxy]-5alpha-hydroxy-16-oxowith-24-enolide (1) and (22R)-1alpha,12alpha-diacetoxy-2alpha,3alpha;6alpha,7alpha-diepoxy-27-[(beta-d-glucopyranosyl)oxy]-5alpha,16beta-dihydroxywith-24-enolide (2), respectively. It is notable that withanolides, which have been almost exclusively isolated from plants of the family Solanaceae to date, have been found in a species in the family Taccaceae in the present study.