“…From the CHCl 3 -soluble portion at the MeOH extract of C. pilosula, three new triterpenyl esters, codonopilates A-C (1-3), along with nine triterpenoids, 24-methylenecycloartanyl linolate (4) [5], 24-methylenecycloartan-3-ol (5) [6], friedelan-3-one [7], 1-friedelen-3-one [8], stigmast-7-en-3-one [9], 14-taraxeren-3-ol [10], stigmast-7-en-3-ol [11], stigmast-7,22-dien-3-ol [12] and squalene, a sesquiterpenoid, atractylenolide III [13], a furfural, 5-hydroxymethylfurfural [14], a polyacetylene, lobetyolin [15], a-tocopherol and a pyrrolidine alkaloid, codonopyrrolidium B (6) [16], were isolated by various chromatographic techniques. These known compounds were identified by spectroscopic comparison to reported data in the literature or standard compounds (Fig.…”