The stem bark of Warburgia salutaris collected in Zoutpansberg mountains yi
elded a new drimane sesquiterpenoid lactone, salutarisolide, along with fou
r known drimane sesquiterpenoids warburganal, mukaadial, polygodial and iso
polygodial. The structure of salutarisolide was fully characterized from it
s spectral data. The lactone is structurally related to muzigadial. (C) 199
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