Minor Constituents from the Seeds of Japanese Star-Anise

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Two sequiterpene lactones, 6-deoxypseudoanisatin and a new compound have been isolated from the seeds of Japanese star-anise along with three known compounds, anisatin, neoanisatin, and pseudoanisatin. The new compound was named 6-deoxymajucin and its structure was deduced by spectral studies.