Chemistry Department, Wollongong University College, Wollongong, N.S.W. 2500, Australia
Abstract:
A new polyhydroxy-1-ketosteroid, flavescin, was isolated from Marsdenia flavescens A. Cunn. Its structure was elucidated as 12-O-acetyl-3β,8β,12β,14β-20-pentahydroxy-Δ5- pregnene-1-one.