“…The literature survey indicates that 50 new ecdysteroids have been reported from the Asteraceae family. These are inokosterone 20,22-acetonide ( 38 ), integristerone A-20,22-acetonide ( 39 ), 15-hydroxyponasterone A ( 40 ), 14- epi -ponasterone A 22- O - β - d -glucopyranoside ( 41 ), carthamoleusterone ( 42 ), 22-deoxy-28-hydroxymakisterone C ( 43 ), 26-hydroxymakisterone C ( 44 ) and 1 β -hydroxymakisterone C ( 45 ), isolated from the plant Leuzea carthamoides 56 , lesterone [5 β -cholest-7-en-2 α ,3 α ,11 β ,14 α ,20 R ,22 R ,25-heptahydroxy-6-one] ( 46 ), isolated from the plant L. carthamoides 57 , leuzeasterone ( 47 ) and (24 Z )-29-hydroxy-24(28)-dehydromakisterone C ( 48 ) isolated from the plant L. carthamoides 58 , coronatasterone (2-deoxy-3- epi -4 β ,20-dihydroxyecdysone) [(20 R ,22 R )-3 α ,4 β ,14 α ,20,22,25-hexahydroxy-5 β -cholest-7-en-6-one] ( 49 ), isolated from Serratula coronate 59 , 20-hydroxyecdysone-2- O - β - d -galactopyranoside ( 50 ), 3- O -acetyl-20-hydroxyecdysone-2- O - β - d -galactopyranoside ( 51 ), 3- O -acetyl-20-hydroxyecdysone-2- O - β - d -glucopyranoside ( 52 ), 24- O -acetyl- epi -abutasterone ( 53 ), 20-hydroxyecdysone-20,22-butylidene acetal ( 54 ), isolated from the plant Serratula chinensis 60 , 61 , rhapontisterone R 1 [2 β ,3 β ,11 α ,14 α ,20 ɛ ,22 ɛ -hexahydroxy-stigma-7,24(28)-dien-6-oxo-28,25-carbolactone] ( 55 ), isolated from Rhaponticum uniflorum 62 , turkesterone-2- O -cinnamate ( 56 ), isolated from R. uniflorum 63 , makisterone C-20,22-acetonide ( 57 ), isolated from R. uniflorum 64 , ajugasterone C-2,3,20,22-diacetonide ( 58 ) and 5-deoxykaladasterone-20,22-monoacetonide ( 59 ), isolated from R. uniflorum 65 , uniflorsterone ( 60 ), isolated from R. uniflorum 66 , rapisterone D 20-acetate ( 61 ), isolated from L. carthamoides 67 , 22- epi -ajugasterone C ( 62 ), isolated from Serratula cichoracea 68 , ajugasterone 11-acetate ( 63) 69 , 3- epi -20-hydroxyecdysone ( 64 ) 70 , ecdysone 22-acetate ( 65 ), (25 S )-inokosterone 26-acetate ( 66 ), 20,22- O -( R -ethylidene)-2...…”