An acetone extract of the aerial parts of Scutellaria baicalensis prov
ided a new neo-clerodane, scutebaicalin, the structure of which was es
tablished as 6 alpha,7 beta-dibenzoyloxy 8 beta-hydroxy-neo-cleroda-4(
18),13-dien-15,16-olide by spectroscopic means. Copyright (C) 1996 Els
evier Science Ltd.