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    Are Isoursenol and γ-Amyrin Rare Triterpenes in Nature or Simply Overlooked by Usual Analytical Methods?
    (American Chemical Society, 2015) Shan, Hui; Wilson, William K.; Castillo, Dorianne A.; Matsuda, Seiichi P.T.; Biosciences; Chemistry
    Among pentacyclic triterpenes commonly found in plants, γ-amyrin and isoursenol are seldom reported and considered rare in nature. It was hypothesized that these triterpenes are instead routinely overlooked due to inadequate spectral characterization. γ-Amyrin was prepared by HCOOH isomerization of α-amyrin, and isoursenol was isolated from products of a heterologously expressed oxidosqualene cyclase. With precise NMR and GC-MS data, a metabolomics strategy was used to identify isoursenol and γ-amyrin in a wide range of plants.