Six minor new ecdysteroid components have been isolated from Silene ot
ites (L.) Wib. by a combination of chromatographic methods. Three of t
hem (2-deoxy-20-hydroxyecdysone 3,22-diacetate, 5 alpha-2-deoxy-20-hyd
roxyecdysone 3-acetate, and 2-deoxy-20-hydroxyecdysone 3-crotonate) ar
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