A hexane extract of the fruits of Dysoxylum cauliflorum Hiern. (Meliaceae)
has afforded a triterpenoid with a novel abeo-dammarane carbon skeleton. Ex
tensive NMR studies (H-1,C-13, HMQC, HMBC, difference NOE) enabled its iden
tification as 23(24-->25)abeo-20R,24-dihydroxydammaran-3-one. (C) 1999 Else
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