从巴戟天Morindaofficinalis根皮的正丁醇提取部分分得一水溶性化合物，经IR、FABMS、EIMS、1H，13C－NMR，13C－1HCOSY、1H－1HCOSY谱分析、元素分析，对其乙酰化物的1HNMR谱分析，确定其结构为1-丁氧基-4，5，7-三羟基-6-羟甲基-2-氧杂双环［4．1．0］庚烷，为一环丙酮类的新化合物。命名为officinalisin。

A new water-soluble compound named officinalisin has been isolated form the root-bark of Morinda officinalis How.On the basis of chemical and spectral analysis,its structure was established as l-butyloxy-4,5,7-trihydroxy-6-hydroxy methyl-2-oxabicyclo-〔4.1.0〕-heptane.