“…gradient fast centrifugal partition chromatography (FCPC) ® , silica gel and Sephadex ® column chromatography (CC), as well as preparative thin layer chromatography. Twenty-six compounds were identified as phlorin (1) [9], picraquassioside D (2) [4], protocatechuic acid (3) [10], phloroglucin-1-O-(6''-galloyl-glucoside) (4) [11], gallincin (5) [12], aesculetin (6) [13], caffeic acid (7) [10], piceol (8) [14], syringic acid ( 9) [15], eriodictyol-4',7-O-diglucoside (10) [16], apocynin (11) [17], eriodictyol-4'-O-glucoside ( 12) [18], myricitrin (13) [19], eriodictyol ( 14) [13], quercitrin (15) [20], myricetin-3-O-(2''galloylrhamnoside) ( 16) [21], myricetin-3-O-(3''-galloyl-rhamnoside) (17) [21], naringenin (18) [22], (2R * , 3R * )-5,7-dihydroxy-2,3-dimethyl-4-chromanone ( 19) [23], quercetin (20) [24], luteolin (21) [24], taraxeryl acetate ( 22) [25], lupeol (23) [26], germanicyl formate (24) [27], ß-sitosterol (25) [10], and ß-sitosterol Compound 27 was identified as the 7-O-ß-D-glucoside of (2R * , 3R * )-5,7-dihydroxy-2,3-dimethyl-4-chromanone, an aglycone which was previously described by Mutanyatta-Comar et al [23]. The 1 H NMR spectrum showed two doublets at δ H 1.19 (3H, J = 7.0 Hz) and δ H 1.48 (3H, J = 6.3 Hz) representing two methyl groups bonded to the sp 3 Also the structure of the new alkyl glycoside 28 was elucidated by means of 1D-and 2D-NMR spectroscopy.…”