<jats:p> 1-Desacetylwilfordine, 8, 1-desacetylwilfortrine, 9, and 2-debenzoyl-2-nicotinoylwilforine, 10, have been isolated from root extracts of the Chinese medicinal and insecticidal plant Tripterygiumwilfordii. Analysis of the <jats:sup>1</jats:sup>H and <jats:sup>13</jats:sup>C NMR spectra of 8 and 10, with the aid of COSY, HCCOSY, and COLOC experiments, has allowed unambiguous chemical shift assignments of all protons and carbons of these alkaloids. Keywords: alkaloids, sesquiterpene, Celastraceae, Tripterygium, NMR.