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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the anti-HIV constituents from the root of Mirabilis jalapa.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>The compounds were isolated by column chromatography on silica gel, Sephadex LH - 20, MCI-gel CHP-20P and RP-18. The structure were identified by means of NMR and MS analyses (1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, MS).</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Eleven compounds were isolated and identified as astragaloside II (1), astragaloside II (2), astragaloside IV (3), astragaloside VI (4), flazin (5), 4'-hydroxy-2, 3-dihydroflavone 7-beta-D-glucopyranoside (6), gingerglycolipid A (7), 3, 4-dihydroxybenzaldehyd (8), p-hydroxybenzaldehyde (9), beta-sitosterol (10) and daucosterol (11).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Compounds 1-9 were obtained from this genus for the first time.</p>