Eunggae(Kalopanax pictus Nakai) is the Araliaceae family. There are some 800 extant species of 65 genera classified from the Araliaceae family in the world. Of these, 14 extant species of 8 genera are widely distributed in Korea. Young shoots are collected through April into May and used in the traditional Korean dishes. Dried Araliae barks and their cortices have been used as a folk remedy for stomach ulcer, gastralgia, diabetes, hepatitis, arthritis and nephritis. Saponins of Kalopanax pictus were isolated by solvent extraction(hexane, ethyl ether, ethyl acetate, butanol), column chromatography, thin layer chromatography and preparative HPLC.
As a result, Four lupanes were identified from Kalopanax pictus., including lupenone, lupeol, betulinaldehyde, betulinic acid.