Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán 04510, Mexico
Abstract:
Chemical analysis of Montanoa frutescens afforded the known sesquiterpene lactones montafrusins A and B, as well as four new eudesmanolides which we have named montafrusins C, D, E and F. The structures of the new compounds were established by spectroscopic methods.