Abstract:Four pure compounds were isolated from the root of Zanthoxylum utile Huang. One of them is a new aromatic amide named utilamide. Its structure was elucidated as (Ⅴ) on the basis of spectral data. The other three were known compounds as fargesin (Ⅱ), 6,7,8,-trime- thoxycounmarine (Ⅲ), anl skimmianine (Ⅳ).