Volume 42 (1994) Issue 5 Pages 1050-1055
Seven new clerodane-type diterpenoids, named peronemins B2 (1), A2 (2), B1 (3), C1 (4), B3 (5), A3 (6), and D1 (7), were isolated from the leaves of Peronema canescens (Verbenaceae), an Indonesian medicinal plant collected in Bengkulu, Sumatera Island, Indonesia. The chemical structures of 1-7 have been elucidated on the basis of their chemical and physicochemical properties.