Plant Diversity ›› 1993, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (01): 1-3.

• Articles •    

NEW ARBORANE TYPE TRITERPENOIDS FROMRUBIAYUNNANENSIS (I)

ZOU Cheng HAO Xiao-Jiang Chen Chang-Xiang ZHOU Jun   

  1. Laboratory of Phytochemistry, Kunming Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica
  • Online:1993-02-25 Published:1993-02-25

Abstract: Two new arborane type triterpenoids, rubiarbonol G (1) and rubiarbonone A (2), to-gether with rubiarbonol A, were isolated from the roots of Rubia yunnanensis Diels. Their structures were elucidated as 19a-acetoxy-3/?, 1p, 28-trihydroxy-arbor-9 (11) -ene and 19a-acetoxy-7^, 28-dihydroxyarbor-9 (11) -en-3-one by spectral and chemical methods, respectively.

Key words: Rubia yunnanensis