Three lanostanoids, 3
-methoxycycloartan-24(24
1)-ene (
1), 3
,23
-dimethoxycycloartan-24(24
1)-ene (
2),and 3
,23
-dimethoxy-5
-lanosta-24(24
1)-ene (
3), were isolated from the leaves of
Amentotaxus formosana.The structures of new compounds
2 and
3 were determined by NMR and MS studies, and the structureof
3 was further confirmed by X-ray crystallographic analysis.