In a continuing study on the chemical constituents of the needles and
stems of Taxus cuspidata, three compounds were isolated. Based on spec
tral analysis, their structures were elucidated as the new taxane dite
rpenoids 2-daecetyltaxinine A [1], taxacustone [2], and 5 alpha-O-(bet
a-D-glucopyranosyl)-10 beta-benzoyltaxacustone [3], respectively.