An acetone extract of the aerial parts of Scutellaria orientalis subsp
. pinnatifida provide a new neo-clerodane, scutorientalin E, whose str
ucture, 7 beta,19-diacetoxy-6 alpha(E)-cinnamoyloxy-4 alpha,18-epoxy-8
beta-hydroxy-neo-clerod-13-en-15,16-olide, was established by spectro
scopic means and by comparison with related compounds. (C) 1997 Elsevi
er Science Ltd.