1995 Volume 43 Issue 10 Pages 1634-1639
Forty-two triterpenoids including eight novel compounds, gammacer-16-en-3β-yl acetate (1), gammacer-16-en-3β-ol (2), gammacer-16-en-3α-ol (3), gammacer-16-en-3-one (4), pichierenyl acetate (5), pichierenone (6), isopichierenyl acetate (7) and isopichierenol (8), were isolated from the fresh roots of Picris hieracioides subsp. japonica, Compositae, and their structures were elucidated by means of spectroscopic analysis, and chemical correlations. Fifteen compounds were also obtained from the fresh aerial parts.