A crude product possessing local anaesthetic properties was extracted from the seeds of
Xanthoxylum piperitum DC., which was named crude sanshool. Hydrosanshool obtained by its reduction was proved to be
N-isobutyl-lauric amide from its decomposition and by mixed fusion with a synthetic product. It is certain that sanshool is an
N-isobutylamide of unsaturated fatty acid with C
12 and that the anaesthetic properties of
Semen Xanthoxylii is derived from this compound. The latter fact can be endorsed by the examples found in spilanthol and fagaramide. During the purification of sanshool, a substance, C
15H
23O
2N, m.p. 111°, with 4 double bonds, was obtained which gave lauric acid and ammonia by decomposition. This compound was named sanshoamide.
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