A new ursane-type triterpene, glyptopetolide, was isolated along with two known triterpenoids, isoarborinol and cangoronine, from the stem bark of Glyptopetalum sclerocarpum LAWS. (Celastraceae). The structure of glyptopetolide was elucidated as 3,4-seco-14alpha,27-cyclo-urs-4(23)-en-3,11alpha-ol
Nine novel quinone-methide triterpenoids: 20-hydroxytingenone, 20,22beta-dihydroxytingenone, 20,22beta-dihydroxy-20-epi-tingenone, 20,21alpha-dihydroxy-22-oxo-21-desoxotingenone, 20-hydroxy-22-oxotingenone, 20-hydroxy-22-oxo-20-epi-tingenone,