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One new and three known steroidal glycosides were isolated from the ethyl acetate extract of the roots of Cynanchum wallichii Wight. Their structures were characterized as qinyangshengenin-3-O-α-Lcymaropyranosyl-(1→4)-β-D-oleandropyranosyl-(1→4)-β-D-cymaropyranosyl-(1→4)-β-Ddigitoxopyranoside (1), otophylloside A (2), otophylloside B (3), and cynanauriculoside A (4).

A new alkaloid, speradine B (1), together with griseofulvin (2), epigriseofulvin (3), and isogriseofulvin (4), was purified from the extracts of Penicillium dipodomyicola isolated from Clerodendrum inerme, a tree from the intertidal zone of Nanhai. Their structures were elucidated on basis of extensive spectroscopic analysis.

Four steroids were isolated from the ethyl acetate extract of the roots of Cynanchum otophyllum. Their structures were identified as qinyangshengenin-3-O-β-D-oleandropyranosyl-(1→4)-β-D-oleandropyranosyl-(1→4)-β-D-cymaropyranosyl-(1→4)-β-D-cymaropyranoside (1), gagamine (2), otophylloside B (3), and caudatin (4). Compound 1 is a new steroidal glycoside, and the structures of these compounds were established on the basis of chemical and spectroscopic methods.