A new 18-norclerodane diterpenoid, peniankerine, was isolated from an
extract of the stem bark of Penianthus zenkeri together with two clero
dane diterpenes and a protoberberine quaternary alkaloid. The structur
e of peniankerine was determined by mass spectrometry and NMR spectros
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