Two sesquiterpene alcohols, panasinsanol A (1) and panasinsanol B (2), were isolated from the rootlets of Panax ginseng C. A. MEYER (Araliaceae) together with known sesquiterpene hydro-carbons, α-panasinsene (3), β-panasinsene (4), α-neoclovene (5), and β-neoclovene (6). The structures of 1 and 2 were established by spectral evidence, chemical correlations to congener hydrocarbons (3, 4, 5, and 6), and finally by their syntheses from (-) -β-caryophyllene. This is the first isolation of 1 from a natural source, and 2 is a novel panasinsane-type sesquiterpene.
                                    从人参(Araliaceae)的根茎中分离出两种
倍半萜醇,即panasinsanol A(1)和panasinsanol B(2),以及已知的
倍半萜烃,即α-panasinsene(3)、β-panasinsene(4)、α-neoclovene(5)和β-neoclovene(6)。1和2的结构通过光谱证据、与同系烃(3、4、5和6)的
化学相关性,以及最终通过从(-)-
β-石竹烯合成来确定。这是首次从天然来源分离出1,而2是一种新型的panasinsane型
倍半萜。