Author's Organization：Pharmaceutical Institute, Tohoku University Pharmaceutical Institute, Tohoku University Pharmaceutical Institute, Tohoku University Pharmaceutical Institute, Tohoku University
Two new furan-containing sesquiterpenoids, furanodiene and isofuranogermacrene (curzerene), have been isolated from zedoary, Curcuma zedoaria (Zingiberaceae), and shown by spectroscopic and chemical studies to have the structures I and II, respectively.
