Abstract
Two new secoiridoid glycosides, verbenoside A (1) and verbenoside B (2), have been isolated from the ethanol extract of the aerial parts of Verbena officinalis L. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic evidences, especially 1D, 2D NMR, and MS experiments.
Acknowledgements
This work was financially supported in part by the Liaoning Provincial Department of Education, China (2004C073). We thank Prof. Wen Li and Dr Weiming Cheng of Testing Center of Shenyang Pharmaceutical University for the measurements of NMR and MS spectra.