a Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Bunkyo-machi 1-14, Nagasaki 852, Japan
b Analytical and Metabolic Research Laboratories, Sankyo Co. Ltd., 1-2-58 Hiromachi, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140, Japan
Abstract:
A novel sesquiterpene lactone was isolated from the pericarps of Illicium anisatum, a well known toxic plant in Japan, and its structure was established from spectral data and X-ray crystallographic analysis.