From the wood of Herrania cuatrecasana two novel triterpenoids have been is
olated and structurally elucidated mainly by ID and 2D NMR spectroscopy and
X-ray crystallography. The two new compounds have been identified as 3 bet
a,25-epoxy-25-hydroxy-14-taraxerene-1-one (1) and 6 alpha,25-dihydroxy-3 be
ta,25-epoxy-14-taraxerene-I, 16,21-trione (2) and were named as herranone (
I) and herrantrione (2). (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved
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