ligularia kanaitzensis/sarcoma

Two new asymmetric eremophilane-type sesquiterpene dimers, ligulamulienin A (1) and B (2), were isolated from the rhizomes of Ligularia muliensis. Their structures were determined based on their spectroscopic data, including IR, EI-MS, HR-electrospray ionization (ESI)-MS, 1D and 2D-NMR spectroscopy.

The carcinogenic activity of clivorine, a pyrrolizidine alkaloid isolated from Ligularia dentata, was studied in inbred ACI rats. Twelve animals in the experimental group received a 0.005% solution of clivorine in drinking water for 340 days and survived beyond 440 days after the beginning of the

Six new highly oxygenated eremophilane-type sesquiterpene derivatives (1-6), including a norbisesquiterpene, were isolated from an extract of the roots of Ligularia lapathifolia, and their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods. The structure of 1 was confirmed by single-crystal X-ray