“…Naturally occurring oplopanane sesquiterpenoids are rarely reported [ 16 , 17 ]. Literature searching showed that there were no more than 20 such type sesquiterpenoids reported up to now, distributed among the families of Alismataceae [ 16 , 17 ], Araliaceae [ 18 ], Araceae [ 19 ], Asteraceae [ 20 ], Chloranthaceae [ 21 ], Cyperaceae [ 22 ], Magnoliaceae [ 23 ], Meliaceae [ 24 ], Schisandraceae [ 25 ], Salicaceae [ 26 ], and Zingiberaceae [ 27 ]. In this study, six oplopananes ( 1 – 6 ), including four new ( 1 – 4 ) and one 3,5- seco -oplopanane ( 6 ), were discovered from the rhizomes of H. occulta .…”