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Molecules 2012, 17, 5520-5531; doi:10.3390/molecule OPEN ACCESS molecules ISSN 1420-3049 /journal/molecules Article Saponins with Neuroprotective Effects from the Roots of Pulsatilla cernua Jian-Yu Liu 1,2, Ying-Li Guan 3, Li-Bo Zou 4, Yi-Xia Gong 1,2, Hui-Ming Hua 1,5, Yong-Nan Xu 1,2,*, Hui Zhang 1,2, Zong-Gui Yu 1,2 and Wen-Hao Fan 1,2 1 Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design Discovery, Ministry of Education, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China; E-Mail: burningice@126.com (J.-Y.L.) 2 School of Pharmaceutical Engineer, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China 3 Department of Pharmarcy and Food Science, Tonghua Normal University, Tonghua 134000, China 4 Department of Pharmacology, School of Life Science and Biopharmaceutics, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China 5 School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ynxucn@; Tel.: +86-24 Received: 1 April 2012; in revised form: 3 May 2012 / Accepted: 4 May 2012 / Published: 9 May 2012 Abstract: Four new oleanene-type triterpenoid saponins together with six known saponins were isolated from the roots of Pulsatilla cernua and their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic data, including 2D NMR spectra and chemical evidence. Among these one of the aglycones (gypsogenin) is reported for the first time from this genus. Some of these compounds showed significant neuroprote