The molecule is a spirostanyl glycoside that is sarsasapogenin in which the hydroxy hydrogen at position 3 has been replaced by a beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1->3)-[beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1->4)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1->4)]-beta-D-glucopyranosyl moiety. It is isolated from Asparagus officinalis. It has a role as a mouse metabolite, a rat metabolite and a plant metabolite. It is a tetrasaccharide derivative, a spirostanyl glycoside and a cyclic ketal. It derives from a (25S)-5beta-spirostan-3beta-ol.
(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[(2R,3R,4R,5R,6R)-3-[(2S,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-5-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[(1R,2S,4S,5'S,6R,7S,8R,9S,12S,13S,16S,18R)-5',7,9,13-tetramethylspiro[5-oxapentacyclo[10.8.0.02,9.04,8.013,18]icosane-6,2'-oxane]-16-yl]oxyoxan-4-yl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol