Objective: To study chemical constituents of Cudrania tricuspidata . Method: The 80% ethanolic extract of Cudrania tricuspidata was analyzed by column chromatography of silica gel and Sephadex LH 20. Result: Six compounds were extracted from the ethanolic extract part. Conclusion: They were elucidated as syringaresinol, schizandrin, gomisin A, gomisin H, ? sitosterol and ? sitosterol 3 O ? D glucopyranoside respectively. Among them, syringaresinol, schizandrin, gomisin A, gomisin H were obtained from this species for the first time.

Objective To study the lignans in Patrinia scabra. Methods The constituents were separated and purified by column chromatographies with silica gel, RP-silica gel, and Sephadex LH-20. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectral data (IR, MS, 1H-NMR , 13 C-NMR , DEPT, HMQC and HMBC). Results There were four lignans obtained from P. scabra with the structures identified as pinoresinol-4, 4′-di-O-?-D-glucopyranoside (Ⅰ), and matairesinol-4, 4′-di-O-?-D-glucopyranoside (Ⅱ), lariciresinol-4′-O-?-D-glucopyranoside (Ⅲ), and lariciresinol-4-O-?-D-glucopyranoside (Ⅳ). Conclusion All the four compounds are found in P. scabra for the first time. The NMR data of compound Ⅱ are given first.