The methanolic extract from fresh stems of Cistanche tubulosa (Orobanchaceae) was found to show hepatoprotective effects against d-galactosamine (d-GalN)/lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced liver injury in mice. From the extract, three new phenylethanoid oligoglycosides, kankanosides H1 (1), H2 (2), and I (3), were isolated together with 16 phenylethanoid glycosides (4–19) and two acylated oligosugars (20, 21). The structures of ...
[Pirrung, Michael C.; Chen, Jrlung; Rowley, Elizabeth G.; McPhail, Andrew T. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1993 , vol. 115, # 16 p. 7103 - 7110]