Five new podocarpane-type trinorditerpenes were isolated from the bark of T
aiwania cryptomerioides. Structures of 1 beta, 14-dihydroxy-13-methoxy-6,8,
11,13-podocarpatetraene (1), 1 beta,14-dihydroxy-13-methoxy-8,11,13-podocar
patriene (2), 13-hydroxy-12-methoxy-8,11,13-podocarpatrien-3-one (3), 14-hy
droxy-13-methoxy-1,8,11,13-podocarpatetraen-3-one (4), and 13-methoxy-8,12-
podocarpatriene-11,14-dione (5) were determined by NMR, MS, and other spect
ral and chemical evidence.