Seven compounds were isolated and purified from Saururus chinensis (Lour.) Baill, and were identified as meiocarpin (1), sauristolactam (2), aristololactam A II (3), 4, 5-dioxodehydroasimilobine (4), hyperin (5), quercetin (6), and quercitrin (7) by spectroscopic techniques and physicochemical properties. Compounds 1, 3, 4 were first isolated from the genus Saururus. Among them, compound 1 is an unusual 7, 8-secolignan, the absolute configuration of which was first determined as...
