Diterpenoids from Isodon lophanthoides
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A Customizable Approach for the Enzymatic Production and Purification of Diterpenoid Natural Products
Published on: October 4, 2019
1Laboratory of Phytochemistry, Kunming Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, Kunming 650204, China.
Fitoterapia
|August 5, 2000
Abstract:
A new diterpenoid was isolated from the leaves of Isodon lophanthoides, together with two known diterpenoids, lophanic acid and 8(17),12,14-labdatriene-19-oic acid. The structure of the new compound was determined to be 11 beta-hydroxyisopimara-8,15-diene-3-one (1) on the basis of spectroscopic evidence.
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