This invention provides terpenoid lactone compounds, and processes for
producing the terpenoid lactone compounds, which comprise cultivating
Oidiodedron griseum FERM BP-5778 and then isolating the terpenoid lactone
compounds from the fermentation broth. The present invention also provides
a pharmaceutical composition comprising the terpenoid lactone compound,
which is useful in the treatment of IL-1 and TNF mediated diseases or the
like.