The molecule is a 3beta-hydroxy-4alpha-formyl-4beta-methylsteroid that is 24-methylenecycloartanol in which the alpha-methyl substituent at position 4 has been substituted by a hydroxy group. It is a pentacyclic triterpenoid, a member of phytosterols, a lanostane sterol and a 3beta-hydroxy-4alpha-hydroxymethyl-4beta-methylsteroid. It derives from a 24-methylenecycloartanol.
(1S,3R,6S,7R,8R,11S,12S,15R,16R)-7-(hydroxymethyl)-7,12,16-trimethyl-15-[(2R)-6-methyl-5-methylideneheptan-2-yl]pentacyclo[9.7.0.01,3.03,8.012,16]octadecan-6-ol