Four Novel Taxane Diterpenoids from the Needles of Japanese Yew, Taxus cuspidata

Abstract

  Four novel taxane diterpenes were isolated from the needles of the Japanese yew, Taxus cuspidata. Their structures were established as 1-hydroxy taxuspine C, 2α,7β,9α, 10β,13α-pentaacetoxy-5α-cinnamoyloxy-4β,20-epoxy- taxa-11-en-1β-ol, 2α,9α,10β,13α-tetraacetoxy-taxa-4(20), 11-dien-5α-ol and 10-deacetyl taxinine on the basis of spectral analyses.