PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a novel compound having anticancer activity.SOLUTION: The present invention relates to monomer or dimer derivatives of sesquiterpene lactone represented by the compound (uvedafolin) expressed by the following formula (3). The derivatives can be obtained by extraction from yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius) and others.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】抗癌活性を有する新規化合物の提供。【解決手段】下記式(3)で表される化合物(uvedafolin)に代表されるセスキテルペンラクトンのモノマー又はダイマー誘導体。前記誘導体は、ヤーコン(Smallanthus sonchifolius)等から抽出することによって得ることができる。【選択図】図1
