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Two new iridoids, called viteoids I and II, were isolated from Viticis trifoliae Fructus (fruit of Vitex rotundifolia L. fil.) along with six known iridoids, eucommiol, iridolactone, pedicularis-lactone, agnuside, VR-I and 1-oxo-eucommiol. The chemical structures of viteoids I and II were determined on the bases of spectroscopic data.

From the ethanolic extract of the aerial parts of Globularia davisiana, a new iridoid glycoside, davisioside (1), was isolated. Davisioside (1) comprises a rare iridoid aglycone structure with a saturated double bond between C-3 and C-4. Nine known iridoid glycosides, asperuloside (2), alpinoside (3), geniposide (4), globularin (5), globularicisin (6), 10-O-benzoylcatalpol (7), lytanthosalin (8), melampyroside (9), agnuside (10), and three known phenylethanoid glycosides, verbascoside, isoacteoside and leucosceptoside A were also isolated and characterized. The structures of the isolates were established by spectroscopic methods (one-dimensional (1D)- and two-dimensional (2D)-NMR, MS).