New diterpene polyesters isolated from Hungarian Euphorbia species

Sixteen new diterpene polyesters were isolated and identified from Hungarian Euphorbiaceae species. Two of them (21, 23) are based on formerly unknown diterpene core. The structures of three jatrophane type diterpene heptaester were elucidated (1, 3, 6), which are diterpenoids with the highest degree of esterification identified from this plant family. Some of the isolated compounds have pharmacological effects, others are under testing now.