Triterpenoids from Abies sp. IX. Triterpene lactones from Abies sibirica bark

Four lanostane lactones have been isolated from an ethereal extract of Siberian fir bark — abieslactone and its hydroxy and keto analogs, and also (25R)-24,25-dihydroabieslactone, the structure of which was established on the basis of a chemical and spectral correlation with known compounds.Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch, USSR Academy of Sciences. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 220–225, March–April, 1989.