Eleutheroside D is an
eleutheroside
Eleutherosides are a diverse group of chemical compounds that were isolated from roots of the herb ''Eleutherococcus senticosus'' which is commercially offered mostly as extracts. Eleutheroside A is a saponin and sterol glycoside while other eleut ...
. An eleutheroside is a compound found in ''
Eleutherococcus senticosus
''Eleutherococcus senticosus'' is a species of small, woody shrub in the family Araliaceae native to Northeastern Asia. It may be colloquially called devil's bush, Siberian ginseng, eleuthero, ''ciwujia'', ''Devil's shrub'', ''shigoka'', ''touc ...
'', the Siberian ginseng. Chemically, it is a dimer of
sinapyl alcohol
Sinapyl alcohol is an organic compound structurally related to cinnamic acid. It is biosynthetized via the phenylpropanoid biochemical pathway, its immediate precursor being sinapaldehyde. This phytochemical is one of the monolignols, which are ...
glucoside
A glucoside is a glycoside that is derived from glucose. Glucosides are common in plants, but rare in animals. Glucose is produced when a glucoside is hydrolysed by purely chemical means, or decomposed by fermentation or enzymes.
The name was o ...
, and is an optical isomer of
Eleutheroside E. Eleutheroside D and E are thought to be the most pharmacologically active out of the eleutherosides.
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Phenylpropanoid glucosides
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