New Coumarinyl Ethers inDaphne oleoidesSchreb. Collected from Sardinia Island

The phytochemical analysis of the ethanolic extract obtained from D. oleoides collected from Sardinia Island allowed the isolation of several new constituents for the species ( 3 , 8 , and 9 ) together with two new coumarinyl ethers ( 1 and 2 ) besides the chemotaxonomic markers of the Daphne genus ( 4 – 7 and 10 ) which are also known to possess interesting biological activities. The structure of the new compounds were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic and spectrometric analyses. The identification of these compounds gives an experimental evidence of the variability in the secondary metabolites pattern owned by populations growing in restricted area in respect to populations not confined by geographical barrier.