Pharmaceutical compositions having appetite suppressant activity

A compound having the structural formula:

• in which R=alkyl;
• R1═H, alkyl, tigloyl, benzoyl, or any other organic ester group;
• R2═H, or one or more 6-deoxy carbohydrates, or one or more 2,6-dideoxy carbohydrates, or glucose molecules, or combinations thereof;
• and in which the broken lines indicate the optional presence of a further bond between C4-C5 or C5-C6.

A compound having the structural formula:

• in which R=alkyl;
• R1═H, alkyl, tigloyl, benzoyl, or any other organic ester group;
• R2═H, or one or more 6-deoxy carbohydrates, or one or more 2,6-dideoxy carbohydrates, or glucose molecules, or combinations thereof;
• and in which the broken lines indicate the optional presence of a further bond between C4-C5 or C5-C6.

A compound having the structural formula:

• in which R=alkyl;
• R1═H, alkyl, tigloyl, benzoyl, or any other organic ester group;
• R2═H, or one or more 6-deoxy carbohydrates, or one or more 2, 6-dideoxy carbohydrates, or glucose molecules, or combinations thereof;
• and in which the broken lines indicate the optional presence of a further bond between C4-C5 or C5-C6.

A compound having the structural formula:

• in which R=alkyl;
• R1═H, alkyl, tigloyl, benzoyl, or any other organic ester group;
• and
• R2═H, or one or more 6-deoxy carbohydrates, or one or more 2,6-dideoxy carbohydrates, or glucose molecules, or combinations thereof;
• and in which the broken lines indicate the optional presence of a further bond between C4-C5 or C5-C6.

A compound having the structural formula:

• in which R=alkyl;
• R1═H, alkyl, tigloyl, benzoyl, or any other organic ester group;
• and
• R2═H, or one or more 6-deoxy carbohydrates, or one or more 2,6-dideoxy carbohydrates, or glucose molecules, or combinations thereof;
• and in which the broken lines indicate the optional presence of a further bond between C4-C5, C5-C6 or C14-C15.

A compound having the structural formula:

• in which R=alkyl;
• R1═H, alkyl, tigloyl, benzoyl, or any other organic ester group;
• and
• R2═H, or one or more 6-deoxy carbohydrates, or one or more 2,6-dideoxy carbohydrates, or glucose molecules, or combinations thereof;
• and in which the broken lines indicate the optional presence of a further bond between C4-C5, C5-C6 or C14-C15.

A compound having the structural formula:

• in which R=alkyl;
• R1═H, alkyl, tigloyl, benzoyl, or any other organic ester group;
• R2═H, or one or more 6-deoxy carbohydrates, or one or more 2,6-dideoxy carbohydrates, or glucose molecules, or combinations thereof;
• and in which the broken lines indicate the optional presence of a further bond between C4-C5, C5-C6 or C14-C15;
• and
• R3═H, alkyl, aryl, acyl, or glucoxy.