“…Labdane diterpenoids are among the most common types of diterpenes isolated from terrestrial higher plants and sponges (Hanson, 1997(Hanson, , 1998(Hanson, , 1999(Hanson, , 2000(Hanson, , 2001Tanaka, et al, 2001). Many of these terpenoids possess significant pharmacological properties, such as cytotoxic, antibacterial, antifungal, antiinflammatory, analgesic, antitumor and antimutagenic (Ahsan et al, 2003;Itokawa & Morita, 1988;Dimas et al, 1998;Kittakoop et al, 2001;Kubo et al 2003;Minami et al, 2002;Miyazawa et al, 1995).…”