%0 Journal Article %T A New ent-Clerodane Diterpene from Hymenaea courbaril var. altissima %A Nogueira %A Raquel T. %A Giacomini %A Rosana A. %A Shepherd %A George J. %A Imamura %A Paulo M. %J Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society %D 2002 %I Sociedade Brasileira de Qu¨Şmica, SBQ %R 10.1590/S0103-50532002000300015 %X a new ent-clerodane and two known ent-labdanes were isolated from the barks of hymenaea courbaril var. altissima (ducke). the new diterpene was identified, after esterification with diazomethane, as methyl (-)-(5r,8s,9s,10r)-clerod-3-en-15-oate and known diterpenes were identified as methyl (-)-copalate and methyl (-)-eperuate. from the etoac extract of seed pods a known methyl (-)-zanzibarate was isolated. the structures of isolated compounds were elucidated based on spectroscopic studies. %K hymenaea courbaril var. altissima %K ent-clerodane %K ent-labdane. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-50532002000300015&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en