Abstract
Two new taxoid metabolites were isolated from the methanol extract of the Taxus mairei seeds. Their structures were established as 2α-hydroxy-9α,10β,13α-triacetoxy-5α-cinnamoyloxytaxa-11-en-4β,20-epoxide (1) and 2′-acetyl taxol (2) on the basis of spectral analysis.
Acknowledgements
The work described in this paper was co-supported by the Foundation for Researching New Drugs of China (no. 2003AA2Z3527) and Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, State Education Ministry of People's Republic of China.