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Two new steroidal saponins and two known flavonoid glycosides were isolated from the fruits of Tribulus terrestris. Their structures were assigned by spectroscopic analysis and chemical reaction as 26-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(25R)-5 alpha-furostan-12-one-3beta,22 alpha,26-triol-3-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl (1 --2)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl(1 --4)-beta-D-galactopyranoside (1), 26-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(25S)-5 alpha-furostan-22-methoxy-2 alpha,3beta,26-triol-3-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl(1 --2)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl(1 --4)-beta-D-galactopyranoside (2), kaempferol-3-gentiobioside (3), and isorhamnetin-3-gentiobioside (4).

From the dried petals of Carthamus tinctorius, a new flavonoid, (2R)-4',5-dihydroxyl-6,7-di-O-beta-d-glucopyranosyl flavanone (1) and a new aromatic glucoside, methyl-3-(4-O-beta-d-glucopyranosylphenyl) propionate (4) were isolated along with four known compounds (2S)-4',5-dihydroxyl-6,7-di-O-beta-d-glucopyranosyl flavanone (2), 6-hydroxykaempferol-3,6-di-O-beta-d-glucopyranoside (3), 4-O-beta-d-glucosyl-trans-p-coumaric acid (5), and 4-O-beta-d-glucosyl-cis-p-coumaric acid (6). Their structures were identified on the basis of chemical and spectroscopic methods.

A new phenolic glycoside, sinapic acid 4-O-beta-d-(6'-sinapoyl)glucopyranoside (1) and a new sucrose ester, 6,6'-di-O-sinapoylsurcose (3), were isolated from the roots of Cynanchum amplexicaule (Sieb. et Zucc.), along with two known compounds, 6-O-[E]-sinapoyl-d-glucopyranoside (2) and sibricose A1 (4). Their structures were elucidated on the basis of both chemical and spectroscopic methods.

A new bufadienolide named 16beta-acetoxy-bufarenogin (1), together with six known bufadienolides, namely, 11alpha,12beta-dihydroxy-bufalin (2), bufotalin (3), hellebrigenin (4), desacetylbufotalin (5), gamabufotalin (6), and resibufagin (7) were isolated from Chan'Su. Of these, 2 was a new natural product. Their structures were elucidated by spectral methods. The cytotoxic activities in vitro of these compounds have been assayed against HeLa cell line. They all showed strong cytotoxic activities.