“…In continuation to our recent study on the bioactive compounds from Calotropis gigantea, 1) we herein report the isolation of two 15b-hydroxycardenolides (1, 2), 16a-hydroxycardenolide (3) along with eleven known compounds including 16a-hydroxycalotropagenin (4), 2) calactinic acid (5), [3][4][5] 12b-hydroxycoroglaucigenin (6), 6) calotropagenin (7), 7) calotoxin (8), 7) coroglaucigenin (11), 6) 16a-hydroxycalotropin (12), 2) frugoside (9), 8) 6Ј-O-(E-4-hydroxycinnamoyl)desglucouzarin (10), 9) 9,12,13-trihydroxyoctadeca-10(E),15(Z)-dienoic acid, 10) and R-(Ϫ)-mevalonolactone, 11,12) from the polar fraction of the CH 2 Cl 2 extract, and n-BuOH extract of the leaves of this plant. Structural identification was established by spectroscopic methods.…”