ABSTRACT
<p><b>AIM</b>To study the chemical constituents of the rhizome of Matteuccia struthiopteris (L.) The constituents were separated and purified by column chromatography with normal Todaro.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>phase silica gel and Sephadex LH-20. Their structures were identified on the basis of physical and spectral data (MS, NMR, HMBC and HMQC).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Four compounds were isolated and identified as 1-O-beta-D-gl ucopyranosyl-(2S,3R,4E, 8Z) -2-N-(2'-hydroxydocosanoyl) eicosasphinga-4,8-dienine (1), 1-O-beta-D-galactosyl-(6-->1)-alpha-D-galactosyl-2,3-O-dihexadecanoyl-glycerol (2), succinic acid (3), D-mannitol (4).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Compounds 1 and 2 are new compounds. Compounds 3 and 4 were isolated from this plant for the first time.</p>