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is a medicinal plant of the Euphorbiaceae family, which can produce anti-inflammatory and cancer chemopreventive agents of triterpenoids. The present study reports on the bioactive triterpenoids of this plant. Two new lanostane-type triterpenoids, named (3,4,7,9)-4-methyl-3,7-dihydroxy-7(8→9) -lanost-24(28)-en-8-one () and 24-hydroperoxylanost-7,25-dien-3β-ol (), together with 15 known triterpene derivatives, were isolated from . The structures of the new compounds were determined on the basis of extensive spectroscopic data (UV, MS, ¹H and C-NMR, and 2D NMR) analysis. All tetracyclic triterpenoids (⁻) were evaluated for their anti-inflammatory effects in the test of TPA-induced inflammation (1 μg/ear) in mice. The triterpenes exhibited significant anti-inflammatory activities.
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