From the leaves of Duranta erecta, four new iridoid glucosides, durant
erectosides A, B, C and D, were isolated along with durantosides I and
II, lamiide, lamiidoside and verbascoside. Duranterectoside A was als
o isolated from the stems together with durantosides I, II and III, an
d lamiidoside. The structures of the new compounds were elucidated bas
ed on the spectroscopic evidence.