Novel Ecdysteroids fromSerratula wolffii

Abstract

Two new and one known ecdysteroids were identified in the methanolic extract of the roots ofSerratula wolffii. The new compounds isolated were ponasterone A-22-apioside (1) and 3-epi-shidasterone (3), together with the known 3-epi-22-deoxy-20-hydroxyecdysone (2). The structures of compounds1–3were determined by extensive spectroscopic techniques, including one- and two-dimensional NMR methods.