Twenty lupane triterpenoids including five (20RS)- epimeric pairs have been isolated from the chloroform extractives of the lichen Pseudocyphellaria rubella. The utility of g.c.-m.s . procedures in the structural elucidation of the extractives, some of which were complex mixtures is discussed.
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Corbett et al. (1987) studied this question.