Chemical constituents from Aletris spicata

Ten compounds were isolated and purified from the ethanol extract of Aletris spicata by various chromatographic methods. Their structures were identified as cyclopholidonol( 1 ), betulinic acid( 2 ), ursolic acid( 3 ), 13-epicupressic acid( 4 ), 5-hydroxy-3, 7, 4′-trimethoxyflavone( 5 ), 2, 3-dihydroxypropyl docosoate( 6 ), 1-heptadecanol( 7 ), lignoceric acid( 8 ), cycloneolitsol( 9 )and β-sitosterol( 10 ). Compounds 1-8 were isolated from genus Aletris for the first time.