Three novel and one known hydroxycinnamic acid amides were isolated fr
om pollen of Quercus dentata Thunb. They were identified as N-1,N-5,N-
10-tricaffeoylspermidine, N-1-p-coumaroyl-N-5,N-10-dicaffeoylspermidin
e, N-1,N-10-di-p-coumaroyl-N-5-caffeoylspermidine and N-1,N-5,N-10-tri
-p-coumaroylspermidine, respectively. Information on the position of t
he hydroxycinnamoyl moieties was derived from electrospray mass spectr
al fragmentation patterns.