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Twelve new spermidine alkaloidal glycosides, meehanines L-W (1-12), were isolated from the whole plant Meehania urticifolia. The structures of these new compounds were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic data analyses.

From the aerial parts of Clinopodium chinense var. parviflorum, nine new phenylpropanoids, clinopodic acids A-I (2-10), were isolated together with a known phenylpropanoid, rosmarinic acid (1). The structures of these new compounds were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic analysis. Clinopodic acid C (4) showed MMP-2 inhibitory activity (IC(50) 3.26 microM).

From the whole plant of Meehania urticifolia, 11 new spermidine alkaloidal glycosides, meehanines A-K (1-11), were isolated. The structures of these new compounds were elucidated on the basis of the results of spectroscopic data analysis.

From the aerial parts and roots of Stachys lanata, four new iridoid glucosides, stachysosides E-H (1-4), were isolated together with 30 known compounds. The structures and the stereo configurations of these new compounds were elucidated on the basis of the results of spectroscopic analysis. Compounds 1-4 are esters of monomelittoside.

There is a medicine chest with design of Chrysanthemums in Makie made for Edo-era and handed down in the Takaya family, doctors of Sendai-han. Many kinds of crude drugs, named by one Chinese character, are kept in this chest. They were classified into three types, namely, [Japanese characters]. Identification of these crude drugs was carried out and the meaning of the classification was brought up as a question.