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NMR and HREI mass spectrometric analyses identified two new diterpenes, characterized as 16, 19-dihydroxycassa-12-en-15-one (Sandynone, <jats:bold>1<\/jats:bold>) and (5S, 7R, 8R, 9R, 10S, 13Z, 17S)-7,8:7,17:16,17-triepoxy-7,8-seco-cassa-13-ene (niloticane B, <jats:bold>2<\/jats:bold>). The previously reported (5S,7R,8R,9R,10S) -(-)-7,8-seco-7, 8-oxacassa-13,15-diene-7,17-diol (<jats:bold>3<\/jats:bold>), (5S,7R,8R,9R,10S) -(-)-7,8-seco-7, 8-oxacassa-13,15-dien-7-ol-17-al (<jats:bold>4<\/jats:bold>), and (5S,7R,8R,9R,10S) -(-)-7,8-seco-7, 8-oxacassa-13,15-dien-7-ol (<jats:bold>5<\/jats:bold>) a, mixture of stigmasterol (<jats:bold>6a<\/jats:bold>) and sitosterol (<jats:bold>6b<\/jats:bold>), and lupeol (<jats:bold>7<\/jats:bold>) were also isolated. Several column fractions displayed significant activity against a panel of <jats:italic>Trypanosoma<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Leishmania<\/jats:italic> spp., and from the most active fraction, compound <jats:bold>4<\/jats:bold> was isolated with high purity. The compound displayed high activity, particularly against <jats:italic>T. brucei<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>T. evansi<\/jats:italic>, and <jats:italic>L. mexicana<\/jats:italic> (0.88\u201311.7\u00a0\u00b5M) but only a modest effect against human embryonic kidney cells and no cross-resistance with the commonly used melaminophenyl arsenical and diamidine classes of trypanocides. 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