Fitoterapia. 2001 Nov; 72(7): 837-8.

New diterpene from Hedychium villosum.

Xiao P, Sun C, Zahid M, Ishrud O, Pan Y.

Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, PR China.

The stems of Hedychium villosum yielded the new diterpenoid 1, named villosin, along with coronarin E and beta-sitosterol. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods including mono- and bi-dimensional NMR.