From the roots of Salvia prionitis, a novel alkaloid named prioline (1) and
a new diterpene, prineoparaquinone (2), were isolated together with taxodi
one; microstegiol; 8,11,13-dehydroabietane; and 2-isopropyl-8-methyl-3,4-ph
enanthraquinone. The structures-of the new compounds were established by sp
ectroscopic means.