7-Oxopurveric acid, 7-hydroxypulveric acid and pulverulactone, three n
ew hexacyclic nortriterpenoids, have been isolated from Pfaffia pulver
ulenta. The structures of the new compounds were elucidated as 3,7,11-
trioxopfaffan-12-en-28-oic acid, 7alpha-hydroxy-3,11-dioxopfaffan-12-e
n-28-oic acid and beta,12alpha,13beta-trihydroxypfaffan-28,13-olide, r
espectively, by chemical transformations and extensive NMR spectral ex
periments.