K. M. Sharma1 and R. R. Aggarwal

Ficus racemosa Linn. is a moderate-sized avenue tree found throughout India either wild or cultivated for its fruits eaten by villagers. It is popular in Indigenous system of medicine like Ayurveda, Siddha and Homeopathy. Two new triterpenoids of lanostene series were isolated from the roots of Ficus racemosa and their structure were determined as Lanost-20-en-3β-acetate (1) and Lanost-20-en-3β-ol (2)  on the basis of various spectral and chemical studies.