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Petroleum ether extract of whole plant Senecio densiflorus (fam. Compo
sitae) furnishes two compounds valerolactone (1) and stigmasterol wher
eas 7-O-alpha D-glucopyranosylcoumarin has been isolated from its meth
anol extract.