Abstract: | Extracts of the heartwood of Juniperus squamata Lamb. var. morrisonicola (Hay.) Li and Keng contain the known constituents 8,14-cedranoxide, 8,14-cedranolide, cedrol, β-sitosterol, widdrol, 7-oxototarol, procerin, 8,14-cedranediol, hinokiol, sugiol, hinokiic acid, cedrolic acid, and five new sesquiterpenoids, epicedranediol, 4-ketocedrol, 3β-hydroxycedrol, isocedrolic acid, and β-chamigrenic acid. These new sesquiterpenes were identified by spectroscopic data and chemical correlations. |