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From the aerial parts of Solidago dahurica 10β-hydroxy-8β,methoxyeremophilenolide (1) and 8β-10β-dihydroxyeremophilenolide (2) have been isolated. The first X-ray crystal structure analysis of 1 has established the absolute configuration of eremophilenolide.

Two new Amaryllidaceae alkaloids, 1- O -(3-hydroxybutyryl) pancratistanin and 1-O-(3-O-β- d -glucopyranosylbutyryl) pancratistatin, were isolated from the bulbs of Zephyranthes carinata . The structures of the two alkaloids were established by comprehensive spectral analysis. The cytotoxicity of these two alkaloids and pancratistatin is appraised.

A new xanthone, a new xanthone glycoside and a known xanthone have been isolated from the chloroform and ethyl acetate fractions of Halenia corniculata (Gentianaceae). They were identified as 1,3-dihydroxy-2,4,5,7-tetramethoxyxanthone, 1-hydroxy-2,7-dimethoxy-3-O-β-D-glucopyranosylxanthone and 1,2,3-trihydroxy-5-methoxyxanthone. 1,3-Dihydroxy-2,4,5,7-tetramethoxyxanthon is a revised structure from 1,6-dihydroxy-2,3,4,8-tetramethoxyxanthone reported by our previous paper.

Fushioside, a new phenylethanoid glucoside, 2-(3, 4-dihydroxyphenyl)ethyl 6-O-protocatechuoyl-β-D-glucopy-ranoside was isolated from the methanolic extract of the aerial parts of Veronica fuhsii along with a known phenylethanoid glycoside, plantamajoside, and a flavone glucoside, luteolin 7-O-glucoside.

Tow new aryltetralin-type lignan glycosides: methyl epipodophyllate 7'-O-beta-D-glucopyranoyl-(1-->6)-beta-D-glucopyranoside (1), 4-demethylepipodophyllotoxin 7'-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (2), and a new phenyl ethanol glycoside: phenyl ethanol 4-O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1-->6)-beta-D-glucopyranoside (3), along with three known compounds: junipetriolosides (4), 3,4-dihydroxy-phenyl ethanol (5), and 4-hydroxy-phenyl ethanol (6) were isolated and identified from the n-butanol extract of the roots and rhizomes of Sinopodophyllum emodi (Wall.) Ying. The structures of the above were established by means of spectral data and chemical methods.

A new iridoid glucoside, urphoside A, and six known iridoid glucosides, pikuroside, aucubin, veronicoside, catalposide, amphicoside, and verminoside, were isolated from Veronica hederifolia together with a known megastigmane glucoside, 3-hydroxy-5,6-epoxy-beta-D-ionol-9-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside, and a hexitol, dulcitol. The structures of the isolated compounds were established by the extensive 1D- and 2D-NMR spectroscopy.

Four new triterpenoid saponins, ardisimamilloside C (1), 3-O-[alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->4)-[beta -D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->2)]-alpha-L-arabinopyranosyl]-3beta,16al pha,28,30-tetrahydroxy-olean-12-en, ardisimamilloside D (2), 3-O-?alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->4)-[beta -D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->2)]-alpha-L-arabinopyranosyl]-3beta,15al pha,28,30-tetrahydroxy-olean-12-en, ardisimamilloside E (3), 3-O-[alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->4)-[beta -D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->2)]-alpha-L-arabinopyranosl]-13beta,2 8-epoxy-3beta,16alpha,29-oleananetriol, and ardisimamilloside F (4), 3-O-[alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->4)-[beta -D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->2)]-alpha-L-arabinopyranosyl]-3beta,16al pha-dihydroxy-13beta,28-epoxy-oleanan-30-oic acid were isolated from the roots of Ardisia mamillata Hance. Structure assignments were established on the basis of highresolution (HR)-FAB-MS, 1H-, 13C-, and two-dimensional (2D)-NMR spectra, and on the chemical evidence.

Three new biphenyl ether lignans, 1, 2 and 3, were isolated from the rhizomes of Curcuma chuanyujin along with curcuminoid compounds 4, 5 and 6 and their chemical structures were determined to be 1-feruloyloxy-2-methoxycinnamic acid, 1-feruloyloxy cinnamic acid and (1-p-hydroxycinnamoyl) cinnamic acid by means of spectral evidence. The latter three known substances showed antioxidant activity.