Fitoterapia. 2002 Jul; 73(4): 316-9.

Iristectorone K, a novel monocyclic triterpene ester from Iris germanica rhizomes growing in Turkey.

Orhan I, Sener B, Hashimoto T, Asakawa Y, Ozgüven M, AyanoÃ„ÂŸlu F.

Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University, 06330 Ankara, Turkey. ilkay@onebox.com

A new monocyclic triterpene ester (1) was isolated from the rhizomes of Iris germanica from Turkey. Structure elucidation of compound (1) was carried out by the combined application of HMQC, HMBC, DEPT, COSY and NOESY experiments and named as iristectorone K.