Abstract:Eight compounds were isolated from the herb of Excoecaria cochinchinensis Lour. by using chromatography technique. On the basis of spectral data, they were identified as betulinic acid (1), gallic acid (2), p-hydroxybenzaldehyde (3), β-sitosterol (4), daucosterol (5), stigmasterol (6), palmitinic acid (7)、stigmastane-3, 6-diol (8). Compounds 1~8 were isolated from this plant for the first time.
