The methanol extract of dried stem barks of Tripterygium wilfordii Hoo
k hi. var regelii afforded two new triterpenes: 22-hydroxy-3, 19, 24-t
rinor-D:A-friedoolenane-1(10), 5, 7-triene-2-oic acid methyl ester, na
med regelone, and 3-methyl-23-ol-oxotingenol; anew diterpene-8 beta, 1
9-dihydroxy-3-oxopimar-15-ene; and three known triterpenes-3-methyl-22
-beta, 23-diol-6-oxotingenol, tingenin B and cangoronin. Their structu
res were established on the basis of chemical and spectroscopic studie
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