Cucurbitane-Type Triterpenoids from Momordica charantia
Jun Ma, Paul Whittaker, Amy C. Keller, Eugene P. Mazzola, Rahul S. Pawar, Kevin D.
White, John H. Callahan, Edward J. Kennelly, Alexander J. Krynitsky, Jeanne I. Rader
Planta Med 2010; 76: 1758–1761
In the paper by Ma et al., Cucurbitane-type triterpenoids from Momordica charantia. Planta Med 2010; 76: 1758–1761 [1], compound 1 was named momordicoside U (Fig. [1]). Unbeknown to the authors, the same name had been given earlier to a different
substance in the article by Nguyen et al., Cucurbitane-type triterpene glycosides
from the fruits of Momordica charantia. Magn Reson Chem 2010; 48: 392–396 [2] (compound 1) (Fig. [2]). Therefore the compound isolated by Ma et al. is to be renamed “Momordicoside X”.
Fig. 1 Structure of momordicoside X (compound 1) by Ma et al. [1].
Fig. 2 Structure of momordicoside U (compound 1) by Nguyen et al. [2].
