Author's Organization：Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Academia Sinica Institute of Physical and Chemical Research Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
Twelve compounds were isolated from Artemisia argyi, LEVL et VANT (Compositae) collected in China : ethyl palmitate, ethyl oleate, ethyl linoleate, lupenone, lupenyl acetate, α-amyrin acetate, β-amyrin acetate, glutinone, fernenone, 24-methylene-cycloartanone, simiarenol and trans-phenylitaconic acid. This is the first report of the isolation of trans-phenylitaconic acid from a natural souce.
