A new lignan, traxillaside and nine known lignans, arctigenin, traxill
agenin, trachelogenin, matairesinol, nortrachelogenin, arctiin, trache
loside, matairesinoside and nortracheloside, were isolated from the ba
rk of Trachelospermum axillare. The structure of traxillaside was dedu
ced from chemical and spectral evidence to be ybenzylbutyrolactone-4''
-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside.