Chemical Constituents from Celastrus monospermus

The genus Celastrus belongs to the family Celastraceae, comprising 50 species, of which 30 species are distributed in China [1]. Celastrus monospermus Roxb is a liana plant belonging to the Celastraceae family and is widely distributed in Guizhou, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, and Yunnan Provinces of China. It grows at 300–1500 m above sea level [2]. Previous chemical studies led to the isolation of triterpenens with the friedelane skeleton, which...