The known compounds lupeol, ß-sitosterol, (+)-sesamin, trans -dimethylmatairesinol, hesperidin, (-)- cis - N -methylcanadine and sucrose were isolated from Zanthoxylum sprucei . The 1 H-NMR and 13 C-NMR signals of (-)- cis - N -methylcanadine are hereby fully assigned.
We have evaluated the anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties of the leaves (LCE) and stem bark (BCE) crude extracts of Zanthoxylum riedelianum (Rutaceae). Different fractions of the stem bark extract (hexane, BCEH; dichloromethane, BCED; ethyl acetate, BCEE; and lyophilized aqueous residual,