A trisaccharide and four new glycosidic acids, named cuscutic acids A-
D, along with known organic acids, acetic acid, propionic acid, (2S)-2
-methylbutyric acid, tiglic acid, (2R, 3R)-nilic acid, (11S) convolvul
inolic acid and (11S)-jalapinolic acid have been isolated from the alk
aline hydrolysate of the ether-insoluble resin glycoside-like fraction
of the seeds of Cuscuta chinensis. The compounds were characterized o
n the basis of chemical and physical data. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science L
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