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molecule is an abietane diterpenoid that is ferruginol in which the hydrogen ortho to the phenolic hydroxy group has been replaced by a hydroxy group.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