The leaves and roots of Cipadessa cinerascens (PELL.) HAND-MAZZ (Meliaceae), a shrub distributed in Southwest China, are used for the treatment of rheumatism, malaria, scald and skin itch.1) From the leaves of C. cinerascens flavonoids and their glucosides were isolated. [2][3][4] From the leaves and bark of C. cinerascens, novel limonoids, cipadesins A-C, were obtained during our study.5) The continued study led to the isolation of three new limonoids, cipadesins D-F (1-3), together with 8,15-dihydroxy-13E-labdane, 6) b-sitosterol and b-daucosterol. 168.8, 170.4, 170.8), the left twenty six 13 C-NMR signals indicated that 1 may be a limonoid. The presence of b-substituted furan ring (d H 6.42, 7.44, 7.59; d C 108.8, 121.1, 140.4, 143.4) and four tertiary methyl groups as well as the HMBC experiment ( Fig. 2) showed that 1 was trijugin type limonoid, [7][8][9] characterized by a five-membered ring C with an exocyclic carbonyl at C-9. Three acetyl groups were located at C-2, C-3 and C-12 by the HMBC cross signals between H-2 (d H 5.25), OAc (d C 170.4), between H-3 (d H 5.14), OAc (d C 170.8), and between H-12 (d H 5.55), OAc (d C 168.8). The relative stereochemistry of 1 was determined by NOESY experiments (Fig. 2). X-Ray crystallographic analysis of 1 (Fig. 3) confirmed the structure.The UV, IR, 1 H-and 13 C-NMR spectral data of cipadesins E, F (2, 3) were similar to those of 1, suggesting they are all limonoids.Cipadesin E (2) was isolated as white powder. Its molecular formula C 31 H 38 O 12 was provided by the quasi-molecular ion peak at m/z 625.2283 [MϩNa] ϩ in the HR-ESI-MS. The presence of a ketonic carbonyl group and four ester carbonyl groups were recognized from the IR peak at 1746 cm Ϫ1 , and 7) showed that 2 was trijugin type limonoid (Fig. 2). A hydroxyl group resonated at d 4.72 gave HMBC correlations with C-9 and C-11, and NOESY correlation with H-12a, allowing it to be assigned to C-11a. The remaining structure was confirmed by HMBC and NOESY experiments (Fig. 2).Cipadesin F (3) was isolated as white powder. Its molecular formula C 31 H 40 O 11 was concluded from the quasi-molecular ion peak at m/z 611.2471 [MϩNa] ϩ in the HR-ESI-MS. Four ester carbonyl groups were revealed by the IR peak at 1739 cm Ϫ1 and 13 C-NMR signals at d 175.0, 170.7, 170.2 and 169.9. HMBC experiment (Fig. 2) showed that 3 was methyl angolensate type limonoid, 10,11) characterized by a six-membered ring C connected with ring A by C-9 and C-10. The structure of 3 was determined by NMR data in DMSO-d 6 . The hydroxyl group resonated at d 4.72 was as- D-F (1-3), together with 8,15-dihydroxy-13E-labdane, b b-sitosterol and b b-daucosterol, were isolated from the leaves and bark of Cipadessa cinerascens. Their structures were elucidated by spectral evidence. X-Ray crystallographic analysis confirmed the structure of 1.