Bayogenin is a triterpene that has been found in B. perennis and has enzyme inhibitory activity.1,2 It inhibits rabbit muscle glycogen phosphorylase (IC50 = 68 ?M).2
1.Sch?pke, T., Wray, V., Kunath, A., et al.Bayogenin and asterogenic acid glycosides from Bellis perennisPhytochemistry31(7)2555-2557(1992) 2.Wen, X.-A., Liu, J., Zhang, L.-Y., et al.Synthesis and biological evaluation of arjunolic acid, bayogenin, hederagonic acid and 4-epi-hederagonic acid as glycogen phosphorylase inhibitorsChin. J. Nat. Med.8(6)441-448(2010)
















