“…The chemical shifts of C-1 (δ 35.7), C-3 (δ 73.7) C-5 (δ 44.4), and C-24 (δ 15.1) further confirmed the α configuration of the hydroxyl group at C-3 by comparing with the corresponding signals of the 3β-hydroxy-lup-20(29)-en-23-al-28-oic acid (Liu et al, 2002) [δ values for 38.9 (C-1), 71.7 (C-3), 47.9 (C-5), and 9.4 (C-24)]. Also within 13 C NMR data of 1, close agreement was found with 3α,11α-dihydroxy-23-oxolup-20(29)-en-28-oic acid (Ty et al, 1985;Chang et al, 1999;Kiem et al, 2003) for the sequence C-1 to C-17 (rings A, B, C and partly D suggesting that the two α-hydroxyl groups were at C-3 and C-11, and the aldehydic group was at C-4). Furthermore, in the HMBC spectrum, the aldehydic proton signal at δ 9.48 (1H, s, H-23) correlated with carbons C-3 (δ 73.7), C-4 (δ 53.5), and with C-5 (δ 44.4), the proton signal at δ 0.99 (3H, s, H-24) correlated with carbons C-3 (δ 73.7), C-4 (δ 53.5), and C-23 (δ 210.9) (See Fig.…”