Tenuifoliose Q,a new oligosaccharide ester from the root of Polygala tenuifolia willd.

From the cortexes of Polygala tenuifolia Willd., a new oligosaccharide ester, tenuifoliose Q (1), was isolated together with three known compounds. The structure of 1 was elucidated by spectroscopic and physiochemical analysis as an oligosaccharide esterified with acetic, benzoic and p-hydroxycinnamoyl acid.