The aim of current study was to investigate the chemical constituents from the flowers of Rhododendron molle G. Don. The isolation and purification of components were achieved by a series of chromatography including silica gel, Sephadex LH-20, and reversed-phase HPLC. Their structures were identified based on 1D, 2D NMR, and mass spectral analysis. Fifteen known compounds were isolated and their structures were identified as 2E,4Z-abscisic acid（1）, 2α-hydroxy-oleanolic acid（2）, oleanic acid（3）, asiatic acid（4）, benzyl glucoside（5）, dibutyl phthalate（6）, β-sitosterol（7）, vitexin（8）, quercetin（9）, steraric acid（10）, rhodomollein I（11）, rhodojaponin VI（12）, rhodomollein XI（13）, rhodojaponin II（14）, kalmanol（15）. Compounds 1–10 were isolated from Rhododendron molle for the first time.
Aim To investigate novel bioactive and structural metabolites from marineorganisms. Methods Column chromatography in association with semi-preparative HPLC were used for theisolation of compounds. 1D and 2D NMR, IR, UV, and MS were employed for structure elucidation.Results From the butanol fraction of the 95% EtOH extract of the starfish Asterias rollestoni, a newcompound N^7 -2'-deoxypseudoxanthosine (1), along with sixteen known compounds, 2'-0-methyl-inosine(2), 2'-deoxyinosine (3), 2'-0-methylguanosine (4), inosine (5); thymine (6), uracil (7), thymidine(8), deoxyuridine (9), 2'-0-methyluridine (10), ( ― )-(1S, 3S)-1-methyl-1, 2, 3,4-terrahydro-β-carboline-3-carboxyl-ic acid (11), ( ― )-(1R, 3S)-1-methyl-1, 2, 3,4-tetrahydro-β-carboline-3-carboxylic acid (12) , ( ― )-(3S)- 1, 2, 3,4-tetrahydro-β-carboline-3-carboxylic acid (13), L-tryptophan (14), L-phenylalanine (15), 3-carboxyindole (16), and p-hydroxybenzoic acid (17) , have been isolated. Conclusion Compound 1 is a newnatural product, and compounds 8, 9 and 10 are isolated from natural sources for the first time, andthe known compounds except 14 and 15 are first reported from starfish Asterias rollestoni.
From the aerial parts ofNauclea officinalis （Pierre ex Pitard） Merr. et Churl, one new indole alkaloid paratunamide E （1） has been isolated together with six known indole alkaloids, paratunamide A （2）, nauclealotide C （3）, nauclealotide A （4）, vincosamide （5）, strictosamide （6） and naucleamide F （7）. Naucleamide F （7） was isolated from Nauclea officinalis for the first time. All of the seven compounds above were elucidated by spectroscopic methods including 1 D and 2 D NMR soectroscoDic analyses.
