Three novel 2,5-dihydrofuryl-r-lactam derivatives, fulvanine A, B and C, have been extracted from Hemerocallis fulva L. var. kwanzo Regel along with compound I. Their respective structures have been established as 1-(3-hydroxymethyl-2,5-dihydrofuryl)-azacyclopenta-3,5-dihydroxy-2-one, 1-(3-methyl-2,5-dihydrofuryl)-azacyclopenta-3,5-dihydroxy-2-one and 1 — (3—methyl-2,5-dihydrofuryl)-azacyclopenta-3-hydroxy-5-methoxy-2-one. Compound I was found its 1 13 H and C-NMR spectra to be identical to oxypinnatanine. © 1990, The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan. All rights reserved.