“…After successive chromatographic procedures on the acetone extract from A. orbicularis roots, 32 compounds were isolated, of which six (compounds 1 – 6 ) have not been reported previously. The 26 known compounds were identified as (4 S ,8 R )- p -menth-1-en-9-ol, caryophyllene β-oxide, madoline R, 3β-acetyl-Δ 7 -sitosterol, , syringic acid, squalene, 3,5-dimethoxysalicilic acid, β-amyrin, α-caryophyllenol, trans -triacontyl-4-hydroxy-3-methoxycinnamate, β-sitosterol, stigmasterol, 2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-nitroethane, , ferulic acid, the lignans savinin, hinokinin, and pluviatolide, previously isolated from Aristolochia constricta , dehydrohinokinin, an inseparable diastereomeric mixture of 7′ S -parabenzlactone and 7′ R -parabenzlactone, an inseparable diastereomeric mixture of 8 R ,8′ R ,9 S -cubebin and 8 R ,8′ R ,9 R -cubebin, also previously isolated from A. lagesiana and A. pubescens , 6α-hydroxy-β-eudesmol (β-chenopodiol), 4(15)-eudesmene-1β,6α-diol, ursolic acid, and the aristolochic acid derivatives aristololactam AII, aristololactam BI (taliscanine), and aristololactam BIII . The structures of all these compounds were identified based on a comparison of their physical and spectroscopic data with literature values.…”