Two new neo-clerodane type diterpenoids, teulolin A (15,16-epoxy-6 beta,7 b
eta,18,19-tetrahydroxy-neo-cleroda-3(4),13(16),14-trien-20,12(S)-olide, 1)
and teulolin B (15,16-epoxy-3 alpha, 6 beta, 7 beta, 18, 19-tetrahydroxy-ne
o-cleroda-4(18),13(16),14-trien-20,12(S)-olide, 2) were isolated from the a
erial parts of Teucrium polium. The structures of 1-2 were proposed on the
basis of extensive NMR experiments and molecular modeling studies. (C) 1999
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