Qin Hai-Lin, Li Zhi-Hong
Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, PR China.
Phytochemistry. 2004 Sep;65(18):2533-7. doi: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2004.08.015.
Chemical investigation of the roots of Nannoglottis ravida resulted in the characterization of two 5alpha,10alpha-cis-clerodane-type diterpenoides, ravidin A and B. Their structures and stereochemistry were established by spectroscopic methods, including X-ray crystallographic diffraction analysis of ravidin A. Their significance in terms of the chemotaxonomy of Nannoglottis is discussed.