Two new glycosyl phenylpropenoid acids, 4-O-beta-glucopyranosyloxy-(Z)-7-hydroxycinnamic acid (1) and 4-O-beta-glucopyranosyloxy-(Z)-8-hydroxycinnamic acid (2), besides lupeol and aghatisflavone, were isolated from the leaves of Caesalpinia pyramidalis.

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Four new (9betaH)-lanostanes, i.e., (9betaH)-3beta-acetoxylanosta-7,24-diene, (9betaH)-3-oxolanosta-7,24-diene, (9betaH,24R)-3beta-acetoxy-24-hydroxylanosta-7,25-diene, and (9betaH,24S)-3beta-acetoxy-24-hydroxylanosta-7,25-diene, two new lanostanes, i.e., (24R)-3beta-acetoxy-24-hydroxylanosta-8,25-diene and (24S)-3beta-acetoxy-24-hydroxylanosta-8,25-diene, and two known lanostanes, i.e., 3beta-acetoxylanosta-8,24-diene and 3-oxolanosta-8,24-diene, were obtained from a new Mikania species (Asteraceae) besides pentacyclic triterpenes, steroids, and diterpenes. The structures of the compounds were determined by spectroscopic methods. This is the second study about acetyl-lanosterols from higher plants. Moreover, (9betaH)-lanostanes are very rare metabolites from dicotyledone angiosperms. The occurrence of these terpenes together in the same plant makes the species a good source for lanostane- and (9betaH)-lanostane-biosynthesis studies.

Ten terpenes, three steroids and one flavone have been isolated from the leaves of Mikania aff. jeffreyi, Asteraceae. Among them there are two new kaurane and one new bis-norlabdane diterpene derivatives. The kaur-16-en-18-oic acid, 4-epi-kaurenoic acid, is predominant in the plant leaves. The structures were elucidated by spectroscopic analysis.