title: Muurolane sesquiterpenes from illicium tsangii
abstract: A dichloromethane extract of Illicium tsangii has yielded five novel muurolane sesquiterpenes (1, 2, 6, 7, 9) and three new menthane monoterpenes (10-12) in addition to several known compounds. Biogenetic relationships among the sesquiterpenes are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Rd., Hong Kong.
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Ngo
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Brown