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Two new guaiane-type sesquiterpene lactones with an unusual sulfonic acid group, sulfocostunolide A (1) and sulfocostunolide B (2), were isolated from the roots of Saussurea lappa. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic analysis.
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