Chemical Constituents from the Roots of Neolitsea hiiranensis

One triterpenoid, taraxerone ( 1 ); four germacrane‐type sesquiterpene lactones, linderane ( 2 ), linderalactone ( 6 ), pseudoneolinderane ( 7 ), (+)‐linderadine ( 8 ); one sesquiterpene dilactone, pseudoneoliacine ( 10 ); three elemane‐type sesquiterpenes, isolinderalactone ( 3 ), compound 4 and sericealactone ( 9 ); one eudesmane type sesquiterpene, cryptomeridol ( 11 ); one glucoside, β‐sitosterol‐β‐D‐glucoside ( 12 ) along with β‐sitosterol (5) were isolated from the roots of Neolitsea hiiranensis . The structures of these compounds were identified on the basis of spectral properties.