title: Pseudolaric acids from Pseudolarix kaempferi.
abstract: Three novel diterpenoids, pseudolaric acids A, B and C, were isolated from the root bark of Pseudolarix kaempferi Gorden used as an antifungal agent in folk medicine in China. The structures of pseudolaric acids B and C were assigned as 1 and 6 by spectral and chemical evidence. Pseudolaric acids A, B and C possess antifungal activity and pseudolaric acid B possesses an antifertility effect.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Institute of Materia medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Ying
authors.forename: G Q
authors.initials: GQ
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Z X
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Y F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Yan