Two new diterpene alkaloids, caesalminines A (1) and B (2), possessing a tetracyclic cassane-type
furanoditerpenoid skeleton with γ-lactam ring, were isolated from the seeds of Caesalpinia minax.
Their structures were determined by different spectroscopic methods and ECD calculation. The
plausible biosynthetic pathway of caesalminines A and B was proposed. The anti-malarial activity
of compounds 1 and 2 is presented with IC50 values of 0.42 and 0.79 μM, respectively