Pseudolaric acids from Pseudolarix kaempferi.
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.
Zhou
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Shanghai Institute of Materia medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
Ying
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Song
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Chen
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Han
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Yan
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