Three new bistetrahydrofuran acetogenins, carolins A-C (1-3), were iso
lated from the MeOH extract of Annona spinescens in addition to the kn
own compound, squamocin (4). The structures of 1, 2, and 3 were elucid
ated by spectroscopic methods including LSIMS/MS technique and confirm
ed by a chemical transformation. The cytotoxic activity of the new com
pounds 1-3 is reported and discussed in comparison with 4 and the prev
iously isolated spinencin (5).