The molecule is a germacranolide isolated from Neurolaena lobata and Austroeupatorium inulifolium and has been shown to exhibit antimalarial activity. It has a role as a metabolite and an antimalarial. It is a germacranolide, a fatty acid ester, an enone and a tertiary alpha-hydroxy ketone. It derives from an isovaleric acid.
[(3aS,4R,6S,8Z,10R,11aR)-6-hydroxy-6,10-dimethyl-3-methylidene-2,7-dioxo-3a,4,5,10,11,11a-hexahydrocyclodeca[b]furan-4-yl] 3-methylbutanoate