Two new steroidal alkaloids (1-2) have been isolated from the leaves and roots of Solanum hypomalacophyllum Bitter, respectively. Their structures have been elucidated as deacetoxysolaphyllidine-3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (1) and 4-keto-5,6dihydro-(20S)-verazine (2). Furthermore, two known steroidal alkaloids, 20R-verazine and 20S-verazine, and the common secondary metabolites oleanolic acid and β-sitosterol were isolated from the roots, whereas deacetoxysolaphyllidine was obtained from the leaves.

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The essential oil from the leaves of Phyllanthus acidus (Phyllanthaceae) was obtained by hydrodistillation and its composition determined by GC and GC/MS. Twenty-one compounds were identified, representing 92.8 % of the oil. The most abundant components were t-muurolol (20.4 %), α-cadinol (14.6 %), β-cadinene (8.9 %) and α-muurolene (7.5 %).