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A sesquiterpene compound reversing multidrug-resistance in cancer cells was isolated from the fruits of Torilis japonica and the structure was identified as torilin. Torilin potentiated the cytotoxicities of adriamycin, vinblastine, taxol and colchicine against multidrug-resistant KB-V1 and MCF7/ADR cells.