Triterpene Acids from Cynoglossum amabile

Cynoglossum amabile Stapf et Drumm is widely distributed in southern China, which has been used as an anti-inflammatory, antihepatitis, anticystitis agent in Chinese folk medicine1]. However, only a few phytochemical researches have been performed2]. Therefore, a systematic chemical investigation of it was carried out. In this work, we further investigated the chemical constituents and ten compounds were obtained, three of which were triterpene acids.