Abstract: | From the flowers of ARNICA CHAMISSONIS L ESS, sub-sp. FOLIOSA (N UTT.) M AGUIRE and its variety INCANA (G RAY) H ULTEN two new naturally occuring pseudoguaianolides were isolated and their structures established by spectroscopic methods. They are shown to be 4-O-acetyl-6-desoxychamissonolide ( 3) and the propionylic ester of 11,13-dihydrohelenalin which was named arnicolide G ( 6). |