The molecule is an abietane diterpenoid that is ferruginol in which a hydrogen of the bridgehead methyl group and the hydrogen ortho to the phenolic hydroxy group have both been replaced by hydroxy groups. It has a role as a plant metabolite. It is a carbotricyclic compound, a meroterpenoid, an abietane diterpenoid, a member of catechols and a primary alcohol. It derives from a ferruginol.
(4bR,8aS)-4b-(hydroxymethyl)-8,8-dimethyl-2-propan-2-yl-5,6,7,8a,9,10-hexahydrophenanthrene-3,4-diol