ABSTRACT
Objective: To investigate the chemical constituents from the whole plant of Carpesium faberi. Methods: Compounds were isolated by various chromatographic techniques, including silica gel, ODS, sephadex LH-20, and semi-preparative HPLC, and their structures were identified by comparison of their experimental spectroscopic data with their reported data. Results: The phytochemistry investigation led to the isolation of 12 compounds, and their structures were elucidated as ent-kaurane-3β,16β,17-triol (1), 3-(hydroxy-acetyl)-1H-indole (2), 8,9,10-trihydroxythymol (3), 8-hydroxy-9,10-diisobutyryloxy-thymol (4), neryl-β-D- glucopyranoside (5), (3S)-linalyl-β-D-glucopyranoside (6), (1R,2S,4S,5R)-2,5-dihydroxy-p-menthane (7), luteolin (8), apigenin-7-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (9), medioresinol (10), pinoresinol (11), and a mixture of silybin and isosilybin (12). Conclusion: All compounds except compound 7 are not only isolated from this plant for the first time, but also from this genus for the first time.