582.949.2:677.46 and L. M. TankhaevaThe genus Lophanthus Adanson (Lamiaceae) contains 20 species [1]. The aerial part of L. chinensis Benth. (pri yang ku) is used in Tibetan medicine for diseases of the cardiovascular and central nervous systems that are comprised by the name "planetary diseases" [2]. Water-soluble polysaccharides from the aerial part were investigated earlier during a chemical study of L. chinensis [3]. Information on other classes of compounds in L. chinensis has not appeared. The goal of our work was to study the composition of extracted substances from the aerial part of L. chinensis.The aerial part of L. chinensis was collected during flowering in August 2008 near Atsagat (Republic of Buryatia, Russia; sample No. L/L1589-08, located in the Herbarium of the Department of Biologically Active Compounds, IGEB, SB, RAS). The species was verified by Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences Professor T. A. Aseeva (IGEB, SB, RAS).Dried and ground raw material (0.6 kg) was extracted with EtOH (70%, 8u, 1:20) at 80°C. The alcohol extract was concentrated to an aqueous residue that was extracted with hexane, CHCl 3 , and EtOAc. This produced four fractions: hexane (10.05 g, 1.68% of air-dried mass); CHCl 3 (17.81 g, 2.97%); EtOAc (8.72 g, 1.45%); and H 2 O (157.65 g, 26.17%). The hexane fraction (8 g) was chromatographed over a SiO 2 column (3.5 u 40 cm) using gradients of hexane:CHCl 3 (100:0o75:25) and CHCl 3 :EtOH (100:0o80:20) to isolate 1 {35 mg, mp 138-140°C, [D] D 20 -50° (c 0.3, CHCl 3 )} and 2 {12 mg, mp 309-310°C, [D] D 20 +79° (c 0.32, CHCl 3 )}, which were identified as E-sitosterol and oleanolic acid, respectively [4]. Subfractions containing carotenoids afforded after HPTLC (petroleum ether:Me 2 CO 7:3) 3 [3 mg; UV spectrum (hexane, O max , nm): 420, 446, 474], 4 [15 mg; UV spectrum (hexane, O max , nm): 424, 449, 476], 5 [27 mg; UV spectrum (hexane, O max , nm): 421, 445, 474], and 6 [2 mg; UV spectrum (EtOH, O max , nm): 425, 450, 475], which were characterized as D-and E-carotenes, lutein, and zeaxanthin [5]. The CHCl 3 fraction (15 g) was dissolved in MeOH (1:10) and left at 4°C for 30 h. An amorphous precipitate separated and was repeatedly recrystallized from CHCl 3 :EtOH to afford 7 [157 mg, mp 290-292°C, [D] D 20 +62° (c 1.0, MeOH)], which was identified as ursolic acid [6]. Next the CHCl 3 fraction was chromatographed over a SiO 2 column (3 u 50 cm) using hexane:CHCl 3 (100:0o75:25) and CHCl 3 :Me 2 CO (100:0o0:100). Subfractions were also rechromatographed using TLC (petroleum ether:Et 2 O:HCOOH 62:31:7) to afford 2 (22 mg), 7 (92 mg), 8 [11 mg, mp 202°C. UV spectrum (MeOH, O max , nm): 228, 255, 295, 343], 9 [13 mg, mp ~350°C. UV spectrum (MeOH, O max , nm): 265, 333; +AlCl 3 278, 300, 368, 381; +AlCl 3 /HCl 278, 300, 343, 380; +NaOMe 275, 325, 393], and 10 [19 mg, mp ~330°C. UV spectrum (MeOH, O max , nm): 252, 266, 290, 350; +AlCl 3 272, 300sh, 326, 420; +AlCl 3 /HCl 260, 275, 300, 355, 385; +NaOMe 266, 329, 400]. According to the results, 8, 9, and 10 were identified as scopoletin ...