The chemical composition of natural products is complex and the investigation of bioactivities of compounds of interest demands their isolation. S. terebinthifolia Raddi is a tree belonging to the Anacardiaceae family and is used in Brazilian folk medicine; its fruit (pink peppers) are used in cooking and its bark in phytomedicine. Extracts of other parts of this plant contain a plethora of components and merit further studies. Countercurrent chromatography (CCC) is frequently employed with natu