Abstract
Eight lignans (+/-)-syringaresinol, (-)-pinoresinol, (+)-sesamin, (+)-eudesmin, (+)-epieudesmin,
(-)-asarinin, (-)-matairesinol, (-)-kobusin, two terpenes lupeol, β-sitosterol, one
aliphatic unsaturated amide, hydroxy-γ-sanshoöl, and one alkaloid, magnoflorine, were
isolated from Zanthoxylum species of Central and South America. Their structures were elucidated mainly by
1H-, 13C-NMR, and mass spectroscopy.
Key words
Zanthoxylum
- Rutaceae - lignans - terpenes - hydroxy-γ-sanshoöl - magnoflorine