Phlomis younghusbandii is a perennial herb (family Labiatae) and grows wildly in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in northwestern China. For thousands years, P. younghusbandii has been widely used to treat colds, coughs, sore ulceration, rheumatoid arthritis, pneumonia, bronchitis, and other diseases [1]. Iridoid glycosides and phenylethanoids with antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities have been isolated from several plants of the genus Phlomis [2]. As to P. younghusbandii, only several iridoid glycosides and diterpenoid glycosyl esters have been reported [3][4][5]. In this paper, six iridoid glycosides, shanzhiside methyl ester (1), sesamoside (2), 7,8-dehydropenstemoside (3), penstemoside (4), 8-O-acetylshanzhiside methyl ester (5), and phlomiol (6), and three phenylethanoid glycosides, acteoside (7), alyssonoside (8), and isoacteoside (9), were isolated and identified from P. younghusbandii by comparing the spectral data with those in the literature. Compound 3 and three phenylethanoid glycosides, 7, 8, and 9, were isolated from this plant for the first time.Roots of P. younghusbandii were collect from Tibet Province of China in July 2009 and identified by Prof. Zhigang Ma, College of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University.Air-dried roots were soaked with 50% EtOH at 50qC for 3 days, three times, and then concentrated. The combined extract was dissolved in distilled water and then subjected to D101 macroporous adsorptive resin column chromatography. Alcohol (50%) was used to elute the column after it had been eluted with distilled water till the Molisch reaction became negative. The iridoid glycoside fraction was obtained after the alcohol eluate was vacuum-dried at 60qC. This fraction was further purified by reversed-phase preparative liquid chromatography with 30% methanol as the solvent system. Finally, six iridoid glycosides and three phenylethanoid glycosides were obtained, and their chemical structures were identified by spectral analysis using MS, NMR, and other spectrometers.Shanzhiside methyl ester (1) white powder. C 17 H 26 O 11 , mp 110-112qC; [D] 25 D -130.4q (c 0.44, MeOH). UV (MeOH, O max , nm) (log H): 235 (4.31). IR (KBr, Q max , cm -1 ): 3408, 1693 (C=O), 1640 (C=C), 1186, 1078, 995. EI-MS m/z: 429.2 [M + Na] + , 445 [M + K] + . The 1 H NMR and 13 C NMR data were consistent with the literature [3, 6, 7]. Sesamoside (2) white powder. C 17 H 24 O 12 , mp 206-208qC; [D] 25 D -79.5q (c 0.5, MeOH). UV (MeOH, O max , nm) (log H): 230 (4.21). IR (KBr, Q max , cm -1 ): 3423, 1693 (C =O), 1635 (C=C), 1194, 1076, 947. EI-MS m/z: 443 [M + Na] + , 459 [M + K] + . The 1 H NMR and 13 C NMR data were consistent with the literature [3, 7]. 7,8-Dehydropenstemoside (3) white powder. C 17 H 24 O 11 , mp 119-120qC; [D] 20 D -78.1q (c 0.48, MeOH). UV (MeOH, O max , nm) (log H): 234.2 (5.82). IR (KBr, Q max , cm -1 ): 3400, 1709 (C=O), 1633 (C=C), 1294, 940. EI-MS m/z: 427.2 [M + Na] + , 443.2 [M + K] + . 1 H NMR (400 MHz, D 2 O, G, ppm, J/Hz): 5.94 (1H, d, J = 2, H-1), 7.59 Penstemoside (4) white powder. C 17 H 26 O 11...