[Chemical Constituents from A Taditional Mongolian Medicine Clematis aethusifolia].

All the compounds are isolated from this plant for the first time, Results: Eight compounds were isolated and identified as vanillicacid( 1), protocatechuic acid( 2),( +)-pinoresinol diglucoside( 3),( +)-pinoresinol-4’-O-β-D-glucopyranoside( 4),( +)-syringaresinol-4’-O-β-Dglucopyranoside( 5),7,9,9’-trihydroxy-3,3’-dimethoxy-8-O-4’-neolignan-4-O-β-D-glucopyranoside( 6),butyl-β-D-fructopyranoside( 7),butyl-β-D-fructofuranoside( 8). Compounds 2,8 showed strong cytotoxic activity. compounds 3,6 ~ 8 are isolated from Clematis genus for the first time, compounds 6 and 8 are isolated from Ranunculaceae family for the first time. Compounds 2,8 may be the effective components in Clematis aethusifolia.