Chemical Components of Leptopus chinensis

Six substances were isolated from the branches and leaves of the Chinese herb Leptopus Chinensis (Bunge) Pojark. by column chromatography for the first time. Their structures were elucidated as 3α-hydroxyfriedelan-2-one, saccharose, triacontanol, friedelane-2α,3β-diols, β-sitosterol-3-O-β-D-glucoside, and β -sitosterol on the basis of x-ray, chemical, and spectroscopic methods. __________ Published in Kimiya Prirodnikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 462–464, September–October, 2005.