Author's Organization:Research Institute for Wakan-Yaku (Oriental Medicines), Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University Research Institute for Wakan-Yaku (Oriental Medicines), Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University Research Institute for Wakan-Yaku (Oriental Medicines), Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University Research Laboratories, Pharmaceuticals Group, Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd.,
Two new tetranortriterpenoids, mahonin and secomahoganin, have been isolated from the cotyledons of Swietenia mahogani and their structures have been determined by means of 2-D NMR spectroscopy.