An abietane diterpenoid was isolated from an ethyl acetate extraction
of Taxus cuspidata cell suspension media. The structural assignments w
ere established by mass spectroscopy, and H-1 and C-13 NMR studies inc
luding COSY, HMQC and HMBC. This compound was determined to be poxy-12
-methoxy-8,11,13-abietatriene-3,7,11-triol. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science
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