Four new isomeric sesquiterpene lactone dimers, carpedilactones A-D (1-4), were isolated from the acetonic extract of Carpesium faberi. Among them, 1-3 are the first three 2,4-linked exo-Diels-Alder adducts between a eudesmanolide dienophile and a guaianolide diene. The absolute configurations of
Four new highly oxygenated germacranolides (1, 4, 6, and 7) and four new acyclic diterpenes (8-11), along with three known germacranolides (2, 3, and 5), were isolated from the seeds of Carpesium triste. The structures of the new compounds were elucidated by spectroscopic methods including IR,